Lao-Vietnam Technical Taskforces (TTF) Online Meeting on World Heritage Nomination

On 07 October 2022, the online meeting TTF between Lao-Vietnam was organised to kick off the exchange and sharing of information on the statement of outstanding universal values of the Hin Nam No National Park with some clarifications on the needs to be considered as further steps to the Nomination Dossier. This was followed by the outcome of the Lao-Vietnam Bilateral Meeting in Hanoi in September.

Representatives from MOICT, MAF, the Lao UNESCO office, Khammouan Province, including Boualapha district, as well as the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sport and Phong Nha-Ke Bang from Vietnam joined this important consultation dialogue as part of the communication and collaboration enhancement between two sites and the central government of Lao-Vietnam. The results of this online dialogue were the consent on the key content of the Statement of Outstanding Universal Values with some clarifications and suggestions from both sides.