Nine additional sites recognized as national relics

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has recognized nine historical relics and beautiful landscaples in six provinces as national relics.

Cong troi (Heaven gate) in Son Binh commune, Tam Duong district, Lai Chau province. (Photo: daidoanket.vn)

Accordingly, three sites in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang, including President Ho Chi Minh’s tent in Lung Tro, Trung Truc commune, Yen Son district; Thuong temple in Trang Da commune, Tuyen Quang city; and Y La temple in Y La ward, Tuyen Quang city.

The northern mountainous province of Thai Nguyen is home to two national relics, including the place where the General Directorate of Supply - the predecessor of General Department of Logistics - was founded on July 11th, 1950, in Thanh Dinh commune, Dinh Hoa district, and the workplace of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army from 1949 to 1954.

Four other relic sites were the tomb of Dao Tri temple in Xuan Dai ward, Song Cau town, the central province of Phu Yen; the commemorative site of Lawyer Nguyen Huu Tho in Ben Luc town, Ben Luc district, the southern province of Long An; the commemorative site of Colonel Pham Ngoc Thao in Ben Tre city, the southern provicne of Ben Tre; and Cau May (cloud bridge) and Cong Troi (heaven gate) in Son Binh commune, Tam Duong district, the northwestern mountainous province of Lai Chau.

(Source: CPV)