The 1,000 year-old Binh Thanh Ancient Tower in Tay Ninh Province’s Trang Bang District will be renovated and opened to tourists.

The plan has been approved by the provincial People’s Committee for the 2019-2020 period, with an orientation to 2025. Funds will come from the provincial budget and private sources.

Among the historic sites to be renovated are the special national relic site of the Central Bureau of southern Vietnam's Party Commitee, Bau Rong Military Base, Trang Bang Revolutionary Youth Base, An Thoi guerrilla warfare tunnel, Rach Tram relic site, Binh Thanh Ancient Tower, Hiep Ninh Communal House, and the temple and tomb of Huynh Cong Thang.

Nguyen Hong Thanh, director of the province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said the plan would restore and embellish historic relic sites to preserve and protect them.

“This contributes to educating the youth of today about traditional culture, patriotism and revolutionary traditions,” he said.

After the upgrade, the province will open them to the public as tourism destinations.

In the 2021-25 period, the province will continue to renovate 25 more historic relic sites, including the first base of Tay Ninh Province’s Communist Party in Giong Nan Hamlet in Chau Thanh District’s Long Vinh Commune, the memorial site dedicated to war martyr Duong Minh Chau, Loi Thuan guerrilla warfare tunnel, and Rung Nhum Base, among others.

There are 90 relic sites in the province, including one special national relic site, 25 national-level relics and 64 provincial-level relics.

Huge investments have been made in similar projects that combine relic site preservation with tourism development, such as Ba Den Mountain Historical, Cultural and Tourism Relic Site, Junction City military campaign relic site, Hiep Ninh and Thai Binh communal houses, and Loi Thuan war tunnel. VNS

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