Across Asia, Indonesia takes the top spot as the most popular diving destination, followed by the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Việt Nam. These countries boast unique marine treasures, attracting divers from all over the world.
Viet Nam plans to build the country''s first Centre
for Underwater Archaeological Research in Hoi An this year, Nguyen Giang
Hai, the head of Viet Nam''s Archaeology Institute, told Viet Nam News
yesterday.
Viet Nam should train more young people in underwater archaeology
research, said Mark Staniforth from La Trobe University of Australia at
the International Symposium on Underwater Archaeology in Viet Nam and
Southeast Asia, held in Quang Ngai Province yesterday.
Experts have confirmed that relics retrieved from a
shipwreck in the central province of Quang Ngai date back to the 14th
century, making them among the oldest underwater antiques Viet Nam has
ever discovered.
