Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed on a decision to recognise 14 artifacts as national treasures.
Tra Lien 1 bas-relief was recognised as a national treasure.
These include the Linga-Yoni statue dating from the 5th to 7th century and held at the TraVinh Museum; Tra Liên 1 and Tra Liên 2 bas-reliefs from the end of the 9th century and found at the central Quang Tri Museum; Brahama bas-relief of the 12th to 13th century at the Binh Dinh Museum;
A ceramic jar with brown colored glaze patterns from the 13th to 14th century and held at the National History Museum; mummified monks Vu Khac Minh and Vu Khac Truong from the 17th century in Dau pagoda in Thuong Tin district of Hanoi;
Tran Vu statue from the 17th to early 18th century at the Quan Thanh temple, Ha Noi; and the decree of the president of the provisional government of the Democratic and Republic Viet Nam from 1945-1946 at the National Store Centre III.
The Prime Minister has also requested the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and concerned agencies and departments, to carry out management work, in accordance with the law on cultural heritage.
VNS