SCENIC POPULATIONS TRANG AN

- As a tourist destination in Ninh Binh, including many heritage and the Government of Vietnam has been ranked the national monument is especially important as eco-tourism zone Chang'an, resorts Tam Coc - Bich Dong , Bai Dinh Pagoda, Hoa Lu ... The link between the tourist areas are SUF Hoa Lu with area of ​​12,000 ha.

- As the representative of Vietnam World Heritage candidacy with the outstanding universal value of the natural landscape, cultural history and geological formations. It is expected to become a world heritage first mixed in Vietnam with the two criteria of cultural and natural. Chang'an is also famous for the investment to become a resort of international stature.

- Located at the boundary area between the districts of Hoa Lu Gia Vien district, Nho Quan, Tam Diep Township and the city of Ninh Binh. Inside:
The center of Trang An eco-tourism is situated in Truong Yen Commune, Hoa Lu from 3 km to the south, the city of Ninh Binh7 km west along the Chang'an Avenue, a town 16 km Three Gorges direction spanning Tam Coc, 96 km from Hanoi southbound.
Resort center of Tam Coc - Bich Dong is located in Ninh Hai Commune, Ninh Binh City and 7 km.
Center of cultural historical monuments located in the ancient capital of Hoa Lu Truong Yen Commune, Ninh Binh City and 11 km.
Center for Cultural Tourism Zone Bai Dinh Pagoda is located in Gia Sinh commune, Ninh Binh City and 15 km.

Chang'an core zone covering an area of ​​over 4,000 hectares, is the special protection of landscapes. Special protection area lies in planning full Chang'an resort with 12,000 hectares area. Chang'an scenic populations located near National Highway 1A, QL38B, and in quadrilateral QL12B water is limited by the Hoang Long river, river Lemon, Ben is the river.

Cultural and historical forest environment typical of Hoa Lu is a karst limestone region emerged between the coastal plains relatively flat of North Vietnam. This emerging area lying limestone alternating with a series of permanent water streams and valleys, seasonally inundated. The absolute height of the area from 10 to 281 m. [5] natural vegetation at Hoa Lu was limestone forest and lowland evergreen forest in the valley overlap limestone areas. There are many caves in the area, including the Trang An and Tam Coc Bich Dong, active galaxies ... are the famous tourist route. There are rivers running through the Tam Coc and Chang'an so visitors can tour the area by boat.

Hoa Lu jungle environment with a series of historic, cultural and tourism. Under the Dinh Dynasty in the tenth century, Hoa Lu has been chosen as the capital of Vietnam, this area then continues to be the capital under the former Le and Ly beginning. Hoa Lu ancient capital now has a lot of houses, temples, pagodas, covered such as the temple of King Dinh Tien Hoang, King Le Dai Hanh Temple, Temple Princess Kim Phat, Nhat Tru pagoda, Government Gardens Thien Ngan temple, pagoda Duyen Ninh, Minister Cho, dynamic Am Tien Dinh Yen Trach temple Ngo, dynamic Lotus Temple Chen, Minister Controlling, covered Suddenly, Bai Dinh Pagoda, Thien Ton Hoa Lu activity, Dinh Bo Linh temple ...

World Heritage candidacy

+, Activities of authorities

Starting in 2003, the population has scenic Chang'an special attention of scientists by the outstanding value of landscape ecology and geological formations, since many conservation and development promoting the values ​​continued to occur:

- On 22/3/2004, Vietnam Government document No. 365 / CP-KTTM Ninh Binh province agreed to build tourist resort Chang'an, of relics - scenic capital of Hoa Lu. After repeatedly adjust project size, date 18.11.05 provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 2570 / QD-UB on approval of the construction plan Chang'an resort.

- On 17/10/2008, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in coordination with the provincial People's Committee, the Vietnam Cultural Heritage held a scientific conference on "The value of cultural heritage capital of Hoa Lu and Trang An tourist areas ", so as to suggest UNESCO Hoa Lu ancient capital as world cultural heritage and eco-tourism zone Chang'an is the world natural heritage.

- On 21/8/2011, Ninh Binh province held a UNESCO welcomes delegation to attend the meeting to visit caves Chang'an - Bai Dinh Pagoda and Hoa Lu ancient capital

- On 18/10/2011, the Government of Vietnam has officially agreed to establish dossiers requesting UNESCO scenic Chang'an population is the world's natural heritage. The nomination list submitted documentation Chang'an UNESCO as world heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism the proposal on the basis of recommendations of Ninh Binh provincial leaders; the consent of the Council of National Cultural Heritage, Department of Foreign Affairs and Culture, UNESCO, UNESCO National Commission of Vietnam.

- On 10/05/2012, all 3 area Chang'an caves - Tam Coc - Bich Dong - Hoa Lu ancient capital are Prime Minister Vietnam National vestige special.
- On 24-25 / 7/12, in Ninh Binh took place "workshop featured valuation of populations globally Chang'an landscapes".Based on scientific research and opinions of experts in national and international, Vietnam will build dossiers selected heritage landscapes Chang'an population criterion is mixed criterion 7, 8 and 5 , in consultation criteria 3.

-On 30.09.2012 Profile heritage landscapes Chang'an population was sent to UNESCO

+ Highlights Global Criteria

Based on the criteria for outstanding universal value of World Heritage, scenic population Chang'an meet 2 criteria (i) and (iii) the world's natural heritage (ie two criteria 7th and 8 of a world heritage site). [8] Also, the Chang'an also meet the criteria of a fifth world cultural heritage: [9]
Criterion 7 for Back Categories Local geomorphological value: "Heritage is the outstanding example representing the important stages of earth's history, including the record of life, the geological processes big is going on in the development of landforms, or seismic characteristics and great terrain "

Breathtaking landscape of scenic Chang'an population as a result of the geological and geomorphological processes, climate change and the environment continuous development over hundreds of millions of years.
Criterion 8 of aesthetic values: "Heritage containing super Vietnamese natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance".

The geological and geomorphological diversity in populations present Chang'an landscapes result from the ongoing geological activity over hundreds of million years from Triassic to Quaternary. During the same time, the collapse of geomorphology and high split Karst limestone massifs huge sediment has happened here. The main geological events have created the captivating mountains, the valley sediment and sinkholes which together already have the results in a variety forms, contemporary geomorphological nature, caves and systems Heating of scenic Chang'an population.
Criteria 5: is an outstanding example of a traditional settlement pattern of human or a method of traditional land use, representing a culture (or cultures), especially when it became so vulnerable under the impact of these changes can not be reversed.

Chang'an was the site of international significance for the presentation and understanding of the way that the neck has a strong link with the natural landscape and applied to the major changes in the environment, through thousands in the mid Holocene record 23,000 years to the early modern period, and in the characteristic during the rise of sea levels worldwide as a post-Pleistocene global warming and melting ice continuously, flooding flood coastal areas and lowlands known as the erosion Flandrian.

If UNESCO-honored criterion 7 or 8, Chang'an scenic area will be the world's natural heritage 3rd Vietnam after Ha Long Bay (meets both criteria 2 7, 8) and Phong Nha National Park (criterion 7). Where was honored at least 2 criteria including criteria 5 is Chang'an will be mixed World Heritage of Vietnam first, that it also is a cultural heritage - natural world.

Infrastructure

Trang An external populations win outstanding beauty is also special protection area of ​​Hoa Lu ancient capital, associated with the historical and cultural values ​​of land Hoa Lu ancient capital investment should be expanded to become large resorts. The Government of Vietnam has allowed the Ninh Binh province excavating, dredging mud amphibious roads and clarify the values ​​of culture, tourism of this scenic. Chang'an scenic area is a tourist resort with synthetic products such as travel history, culture, spirituality, festivals, discover and convalescence, scientific research ... This is the caliber resort and scale in Vietnam with a total area of ​​up to 12,000 planned ha.