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Viet Nam accepted the UNESCO World Heritage Convention on 19 October 1987. Its inscribed sites include celebrated natural landscapes such as Hạ Long Bay and Phong Nha – Kẻ Bàng, as well as cultural treasures like the Complex of Huế Monuments and Hội An Ancient Town.

Common themes in Vietnam’s nominations emphasize exceptional karst and geological formations, tropical biodiversity, ancient urban architecture, and archaeological heritage reflecting millennia of human settlement.

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