Hanoi, Nov. 5 -- Two Vietnamese documentary heritage collections, "The Cliff-based Inscriptions on Non Nuoc Mountain" in Ninh Binh province and Pho Hien stone steles in Hung Yen province, have been inscribed on on UNESCO's Memory of the World Regional Register for Asia and the Pacific, bringing the country's total number of UNESCO-recognised documentary heritage items to 13.

The recognition was announced at the 11th General Meeting of Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme (MOWCAP), held from November 2 to 6 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The committee unanimously approved the two Vietnamese nominations.

The recognition highlights the historical, cultural and documentary values of the two collections while ac...