The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre has opened a
new culture centre for tourists at a historic site that had been an
office during the Hue royal dynasty.
Of all the feudal monuments and sites that visitors
to Hue get to enjoy, the most prominent and familiar ones are those that
reflect the glory of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945).
The central city''s museum is displaying a translation of 12 royal
diplomas that Emperor Tu Duc conferred on Pham Phu Thu, a high-ranking
mandarin of the dynasty.
Experts from Poland are helping to restore a stone steel in the Khiem
Lang (Mausoleum) in Hue, which is the final resting place of the fourth
king of the Nguyen dynasty.
Poland has committed VND840 million (roughly US$40,000) to fund a
project to refurbish Mausoleum of King Tu Duc (1829-83) in the Hue royal
heritage complex.
The restoration of the temple of Princess Dien
Phuoc, eldest sister of King Tu Duc (the fourth emperor of the Nguyen
dynasty from 1847-83), will be funded by the UNESCO World Heritage
Institute at Waseda University in Japan.
