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(Cinet)- Historical objects from Vietnam’s Nguyen dynasty is officially recognized as documentary heritage of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Regional Committee for Asia Pacific (MOWCAP) in 2014.



A rare, historically-significant title conferral document released by a king of the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945), the country’s last monarchy rule, has recently been found in the former imperial city of Hue in central Thua Thien- Hue province, while four cannons also from the Nguyen period have also been unearthed in Ho Chi Minh City.


According to the HCMC General Science Library, the conferral document, kept at the Vo Ta lineage house in Hue City’s Thuan Hoa ward, was released in August 1885 by King Ham Nghi, the 8th king of the Nguyen Dynasty. King Ham Nghi (1871 – 1943) is one of the country’s three patriotic Nguyen kings during the French rule back then.


While the king and his comrades waged a guerrilla war against the French occupation forces, the French replaced Ham Nghi with his brother, Dong Khanh. Ham Nghi was active in calling for feudal intellectuals and common people to join the uprising against the French invader.


In a similar vein, four cannons dating back to the Nguyen Dynasty have also been unearthed in what used to be a ship building factory in district 2′s Thu Thiem ward in HCMC.


According to a recent preliminary survey by the city’s High Command and HCMC Museum, the four cannons were made from an alloy other than brass, which has sustained serious rust and damage.


On one of the cannons was written three ancient Chinese characters, which suggested that the weapon date back to 1824, the 5th year during the reign of King Minh Mang, the second Nguyen king.




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