The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism permits another excavation at Vuon Chuoi site

 
(MOCST)- The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just issued the Decision No. 825/QD-BVHTTDL to grant permission to Ha Noi Landscapes Management Board and the Viet Nam Archaeology Institute to conduct another excavation at Vuon Chuoi site in Hoai Duc District, in the western outskirts of Ha Noi.

Vuon chuoi site. Source:pbgdpl.hanoi.gov.vn

The excavation will be conducted on a total area of 150sq.m at the site between March 20, 2020 to May 15, 2020, which is led by Prof Bui Van Liem, from the Viet Nam Archaeology Institute. During the excavation, the agencies should pay attention to protecting soil layers at the site and have the responsibility of raising local awareness on preserving the site, the document states.

Objects unearthed during the excavation will be restored at Ha Noi Museum and Ha Noi Culture and Sports Department will be responsible for protecting the objects, it says.

The Department will then be responsible for consulting the Ministry on methods to preserve the objects, the document stresses.

The concerned agencies should report to the Ministry on the results of the excavation within three months after the excavation ends, the document says.