Tighten management, renovation and restoration of relics

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that in recent years, the Ministry has regularly sent documents requesting the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to strengthen the management of relics and activities of preserving, restoring and renovating historical-cultural relics and scenic spots (hereinafter referred to as relics).

However, through monitoring the reality, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism found that besides the fact that many provinces and cities across the country have done a good job of protecting and promoting the value of relics, there are still phenomena of restoration, embellishment, and construction of works to promote the value of relics that are not in accordance with the provisions of law, not in accordance with the appraisal content of specialized agencies and the Ministry, affecting the value of relics, creating negative public opinion in society about the management of relics and the activities of preserving, restoring and rehabilitating relics.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism requests the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities to direct relevant agencies and local authorities in their areas to further strengthen the role and responsibility of relevant agencies, localities and the community in managing, protecting, promoting the value of relics and activities of preserving, renovating and restoring relics; strictly control the process of inventorying and classifying new relics, closely linking with the program and plan for restoration, embellishment and promotion of relic values.

The Ministry also requested localities to effectively and promptly implement coordination mechanisms between agencies and authorities in advising and managing the state on cultural heritage from the central to local levels.

In the management, exploitation, promotion of values ​​as well as restoration and embellishment of relics, the Law on Cultural Heritage, documents guiding the implementation of the Law and regulations on investment and construction are the most solid and accurate bases for implementation. Therefore, the Ministry recommends that localities strictly implement these documents and regulations when implementing projects to preserve, restore and renovate relics (regardless of the budget source of the project), and at the same time guide investors to properly implement the processes, regulations and procedures for implementing relic restoration projects.

The Ministry also mentioned the coordination of collecting opinions from relevant agencies, ministries, branches, and scientists and only implementing it when there is a written appraisal and approval from a competent authority.

In addition, localities also need to properly implement the project appraisal contents, economic-technical reports, and construction drawing designs for relic restoration that have been agreed upon and commented on by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and competent authorities, to ensure the protection and preservation of the original elements that create the value of the relic.

The Ministry also emphasized the coordination between the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism/Department of Culture and Sports with press and media agencies to strengthen propaganda, dissemination of laws, raise awareness and sense of compliance with laws on cultural heritage. Widely propagate among local people to raise social awareness and authorities at all levels.

Localities also need to step up inspection, examination and supervision of the protection and promotion of local relic values.

The Ministry also recommends that before carrying out restoration work, localities need to widely disseminate the meaning and value of relics, the reasons for preserving, restoring and renovating relics and publicize the content of the relic restoration project so that people can know, participate and contribute opinions to unify, raise awareness and create social consensus on the implementation of relic preservation, restoration and renovating projects, especially for relics of spiritual, religious and belief nature...

When completing a project to preserve, restore and renovate a relic, it is necessary to have an appropriate form to introduce the historical, cultural, scientific and artistic values ​​of the relic; the date of commencement, the date of completion; organizations and individuals contributing financially; the construction unit, etc.

Localities also need to step up inspection, examination and supervision of the protection and promotion of local relic values; promote the supervisory role of the community in implementing relic restoration and embellishment projects in accordance with the procedures and contents prescribed by law, resolutely and strictly handle violations that affect the value of relics (if any); ensure harmony between cultural heritage conservation and sustainable socio-economic development and local tourism development.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism also informed that from July 1, 2025, the Law on Cultural Heritage (Law No. 45/2024/QH15 dated November 23, 2024) will take effect, assigning the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities to take full responsibility for the management, protection and promotion of cultural heritage values ​​in the area that are included in the inventory lists, ranked, registered and recognized in national lists, UNESCO lists and lists.

The Ministry also requested the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to proactively plan to organize the implementation of the Law on Cultural Heritage to ensure timeliness, uniformity and effectiveness. The Ministry also emphasized the dissemination, popularization and training for officials working in the management of sectors and fields under the scope of the Law on Cultural Heritage of localities, people and enterprises on the new provisions of the Law and documents detailing the implementation of the Law. Guide and direct local news agencies, newspapers and magazines to plan to widely disseminate the Law on Cultural Heritage and documents detailing the implementation of the Law.

Source: https://nhandan.vn/siet-chat-viec-quan-ly-tu-bo-phuc-hoi-di-tich-post867970.html