Thanh Hoa invests over 4 billion VND to build cultural heritage profile for Con Moong cave

The Chairman of Thanh Hoa provincial People’s Committee has decided to spend over 4.4 billion VND to build a cultural heritage profile on Con Moong cave in the 2009-2010 period to submit the Prime Minister to nominate it for UNESCO recognition as a world cultural heritage site.
Associate Prof., Dr. Nguyen Khac Su from the Vietnam Archaeology Institute (VAI) said the cave was discovered in 1975 and excavated in 1976.
Con Moong Cave depicts the constant human development in the prehistoric age from the Old Stone Age to the New Stone Age. This stage of development was a great achievement for humankind, said Mr Su.
However, to be nominated as a World Heritage site, Mr Su said there should be co-operation in research among the culture sector, Cuc Phuong National Park and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
Con Moong cave locates in the South of Mo village, Thanh Yen commune, Thach Thanh district, Thanh Hoa province, lying in the area of Cuc Phuong National Park. Cuc Phuong National Park is not only a protection unit of rare and precious animals in Vietnam but also a unit for preserving the system of archaeological relics in the prehistorical period significantly not only in Vietnam but in the region as well.
Among these relics the most outstanding one is the archaeological site named Con Moong cave (the Beast cave - Con Moons means the Beast in the dialect).
Con Moong cave lies in the limestone mountain along Da river and on the right bank of Red river.