The new ones have brought the number of relic sites in the province to 329 (including 79 national, 249 provincial, and one world cultural and natural heritage sites).
Among them,the stone pillar carved with Buddhist scripts in Nhat Tru pagoda,Hoa Lu district, was recognized as the first national treasure.
The provincial authorities plan to complete dossiers for two additional nationalrelic sitesand 10 other provincial ones in 2016.
(Translated by Nguyen Thuy)