On 11 June, a meeting was held by Dak Nong Provincial People's Committee to sum up the official evaluation mission of the Aspirant Dak Nong Geopark. Provincial People's Committee Vice-Chairwoman Ton Thi Ngoc Hanh, the UNESCO expert team and Heads of departments, agencies and localities attended the meeting.
The UNESCO experts highly praises the effort of Dak Nong province in the building of the Aspirant Dak Nong Geopark.
At the sum-up meeting, Dr.SC Maurizio Burlano, Dr.Sc Vesa Krokki highly praised Dak Nong for its effort in preparation for the official evaluation mission of the Aspirant Dak Nong Geopark, especially for the warm welcome and truthfulness given to the expert team by the leaders and the people of the province. The evaluation mission is merely the starting of the whole process and its results would be officially presented at the 6th Asian Pacific Geoparks Network Symposium held in Indonesia in September 2019. Then, the UNESCO committee will meet up, assess to decide whether or not to grant the global title for Dak Nong Geopark in April 2020.
Secretary - General of Viet Nam National commission for UNESSCO highly praises Dak Nong on its preparation for the evaluation mission
Acting Head of Cultural diplomacy department, Secretary-General of Viet Nam national commission Mai Phan Dung appreciates the hard work of Dak Nong during the past time. In the time to come, Viet Nam national for UNESCO will continue to accompany and assist Dak Nong in all aspects to successfully build the title of Global Geopark.
The results of the evaluation mission will be officially presented at the Asian Pacific Geopark Network symposium held by UNESCO in September 2019.
Making statement on behalf of the province's leaders at the meeting, Vice-Chairwoman of Dak Nong Provincial People's Committee expressed thanks to the UNESCO expert team for carrying out the evaluation mission in Dak Nong and for their important comments and advices as well. In the coming time, Dak Nong will make its best effort to overcome difficulties and continue the building and improvement of the Aspirant Dak Nong Geopark.
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