Golden imperial seal handed over to Việt Nam from France

14:51 | 20/11/2023 Lifestyle Follow Ven.vn on

The handover took place in the presence of Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyễn Văn Hùng, Vietnamese Ambassador to France Đinh Toàn Thắng, Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to UNESCO Lê Thị Hồng Vân, and officials of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and UNESCO.

The Nguyễn Dynasty's golden imperial seal of “Hoàng đế chi bảo” (Treasure of the Emperor). — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyễn Thu Hà

PARIS — The Nguyễn Dynasty's golden imperial seal of “Hoàng đế chi bảo” (Treasure of the Emperor) was handed over to Việt Nam at a ceremony held at the Vietnamese Embassy in France on November 16, said the Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST).

This came as a result of more than one year of negotiation and implementation of legal procedures on halting the open auction of the seal, cast in 1823 under the reign of King Minh Mạng, in Paris in November 2022, and handing over the object to Việt Nam at the country’s request.

The Hoàng Gia Nam Hồng Co. Ltd, based in the northern province of Bắc Ninh, was chosen to represent Việt Nam to handle related financial procedures in line with French law. It will also preserve and display the seal and coordinate with the Việt Nam National Museum of History to protect and bring into play the antique’s value.

On November 12, 2022, the Department of Culture Heritage and the Nam Hồng company signed an agreement on negotiating the purchase of the seal from France and transferring it to the State.

Under the deal, the company pledged that the seal will be transferred to the State via the MCST after a suitable period of time when the firm no longer has demand for possessing, displaying, and bringing into play the seal’s value at the Hoàng Gia Nam Hồng Museum in Bắc Ninh.

The department said that the “Hoàng đế chi bảo” seal is an important cultural heritage symbolising political power in a period of Việt Nam's history and also marking the transition from monarchy to the people’s democracy in the Hồ Chí Minh era.

The Nguyễn Dynasty's golden imperial seal of “Hoàng đế chi bảo” (Treasure of the Emperor), was purchased back by Nguyễn Thế Hồng (Hoàng Gia Nam Hồng Company, Hoàng Gia Nam Hồng Company) for a reported EUR 6.1 million. — VNA/VNS Photo

The collection and repatriation of the golden seal are aimed at not only perfecting the collections of antiquities, treasures, and cultural heritage elements illegally brought abroad but also affirming the country’s stature and influence. The move also shows the Party and State’s judicious policy of preserving and bringing into play cultural heritage values to meet people’s growing cultural enjoyment demand, promote the national pride, and develop an advanced Vietnamese culture deeply imbued with the national identity and contributing to the world’s cultural heritage.

It is also necessary for ensuring the integrity of cultural heritage, which UNESCO attaches importance to during cultural heritage preservation, thus demonstrating Việt Nam's implementation of commitments in the international conventions it has joined, the department noted.

The department also attributed the seal repatriation success to the cooperation from authorities, partners, friends, and the Vietnamese community in France.

In the time ahead, it will propose MCST leaders consider coordinating with relevant ministries and sectors to compile a list of Vietnamese antiquities illegally brought abroad and consult with the UNESCO Secretariat of the 1970 Convention about the list to seek measures for repatriating the antiquities.

The representative of the Vietnamese Embassy, together with Nguyễn Thế Hồng and descendants of the Nguyễn Dynasty, witnessed the ceremony of transferring the golden seal held in Paris. — VNA/VNS Photo

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