On July 10 night, Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee solemnly held a ceremony to honor Po Nagar Temple as special national monument and folk knowledge of exploiting and processing Khanh Hoa aloewood as national intangible cultural heritage.

Khanh Hoa Province’s leaders attending the ceremony

Present at the ceremony were Nghiem Xuan Thanh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Khanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee; Tran Quoc Nam - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of Provincial People’s Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Long Bien - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Deputy Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Provincial People's Council Standing Committee, Provincial People's Committee, and Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee. The ceremony also featured the attendance of Trieu The Hung -Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee of Culture and Education; Dang Van Bai - Deputy Chairman of the National Cultural Heritage Council; Nong Quoc Thanh - Deputy Director of the Department of Cultural Heritages (under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism); dignitaries and prestigious people.

Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee, Tran Quoc Nam, speaking at the ceremony (Photo: Van Ny)

Po Nagar Temple was recognized as special national monument on January 17, 2025; folk knowledge of exploiting and processing Khanh Hoa aloewood was included in the list of national intangible cultural heritages on June 3, 2025.

Khanh Hoa Provincial Party Secretary Nghiem Xuan Thanh (right) and Trieu The Hung (left) presenting certificate recognizing Po Nagar Temple as national monument

At the ceremony, Khanh Hoa Provincial Party Secretary Nghiem Xuan Thanh and Trieu The Hung presented certificate recognizing Po Nagar Temple as national monument. Dang Van Bai and Nong Quoc Thanh presented certificate recognizing folk knowledge of exploiting and processing Khanh Hoa aloewood as national intangible cultural heritage.

Dang Van Bai (left) and Nong Quoc Thanh (right) presenting certificate recognizing folk knowledge of exploiting and processing Khanh Hoa aloewood as national intangible cultural heritage

Representatives posing for photos at the ceremony (Photo: Van Ny)

The ceremony also included special art programs performed by 170 artists of Khanh Hoa Traditional Arts Theater and other folk artists.

Leaders of Khanh Hoa Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism giving certificates of merit to collectives with outstanding achievements in preserving and promoting cultural value of Po Nagar Temple

Leaders of Khanh Hoa Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism giving certificates of merit to individuals with outstanding achievements in preserving and promoting value of aloeswood in Khanh Hoa