(AG Provincial E-Portal) - On August 29, the An Giang Provincial Civil Servants' Labor Federation coordinated with the Oc Eo Cultural Relic Management Board and Thoai Son District Labor Federation to organize a conference on the journey to explore the ancient land of Oc Eo - Ba The.
The thematic activity has been attended by 150 members of the Provincial Civil Servants’ Federation and Thoai Son District Labor Federation. Delegates have been introduced to Oc Eo culture and the plan to establish a dossier on Oc Eo relics; visited Linh Son Pagoda and Oc Eo cultural artifacts at the exhibition house.
At the Oc Eo cultural exhibition house, delegates watched a video about the Oc Eo cultural relic; listened to Mr. Nguyen Huu Gieng, Director of the Oc Eo Cultural Relic Management Board, report on the activities of the Oc Eo Cultural Relic Management Board since its establishment.
At the same time, he also introduced Oc Eo culture and plan to prepare a dossier to nominate Oc Eo - Ba The archaeological site to UNESCO as a world heritage.
The activity aims to promote propaganda and introduce to union members in the province to learn, research and gain more understanding about the thousand-year cultural history of the Oc Eo - Ba The cultural heritage in the stage of building a dossier to request UNESCO to recognize it as a world cultural heritage. At the same time, it concretizes Action Program No. 08/Ctr of An Giang Provincial Party Committee, on the basis of implementing Resolution No. 02-NQ/TW, dated June 12, 2021 of the Politburo on innovation of organization and operation of Vietnam's Labor Confederation in the new situation.
On this occasion, the Provincial Civil Servants' Labor Federation allocated part of its budget to give gifts to support 30 union members in difficult circumstances in Thoai Son district, each gift worth 500,000 VND.
News by My Hanh
Translation by Thi Huynh