Jakarta, Nov. 6 -- The "Pho Hien Stone Steles" in Hung Yen province and the "Cliff-based inscriptions on Non Nuoc Mountain" in Ninh Binh province have been added to UNESCO's Memory of the World Regional Register for Asia and the Pacific, giving Vietnam a promotional win and a harder follow-up task of sustainable preservation. The recognition was announced at the 11th General Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme (MOWCAP), held from November 2 to 6 in Jakarta, Indonesia. With 21 of 24 nominations approved, the outcome underscores both the richness of Asia-Pacific documentary heritage and the rising bar for identifying, preserving and upholding materials of historical, cultural and social ...