Following the guidance of the World Heritage Committee, Laos is committed to nominate Hin Nam No National Park as a trans-boundary extension to the existing World Heritage site of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Vietnam. - Vientiane Times/ANN
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): Laos is hopeful that Hin Nam No (Karst) National Protection Area in Bualapha district of Khammuan province will achieve Unesco World Heritage status by 2022.
The 9th national steering committee meeting on the application for achieving this status for the site was convened in Vientiane on Thursday (Aug 20) and chaired by Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Prof Dr Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune.
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