The decision was approved at the second session of the sixth plenary meeting of the World Regional Committee for the Asia-Pacific (MOWCAP) which was held in Guangzhou, China on May 14.

Representatives from the State Records and Archives Department said that MOWCAP’s experts spoke highly of the unique influence documents exerted in the world and region during the Nguyen feudal dynasty.

The documents of the Nguyen dynasty are the fourth documentary heritage of Vietnam which has been recognised by UNESCO.