The Hue Relics Preservation Centre (HRPC) has decided to manage
Hue ’s relic sites through geographic information technology (GIS) on a
large scale to meet UNESCO’s requirements, according to HRPC Director
Phan Thanh Hai.
To that end, a training course
on how to use GIS started in June 2013, held by the HRPC and the Urban
Solution consulting company of the NUFFIC – the Netherlands Organisation
for International Cooperation in Higher Education.
Some 23 trainees from the course, which ended on October 30, have
acquired the skills needed to use GIS and analyse databases concerning
Hue’s cultural heritages.
According to Stephanie
Geertman, a representative from Urban Solutions, the course helped
establish different maps on GIS, which are considered useful tools for
preserving and restoring heritage sites and promoting tourism
development in the future.
About 1,500 trees in the
Hue Royal Palace have been managed by GIS technology, Hai said,
adding that the technology helps the city manage its plant system,
define the density of flora on each street and make plans to prune the
plants in the rainy season.
Hue attracted
nearly two million tourists including 752,000 foreign arrivals to the
ancient capital over the last nine months.
Hue was the capital of Vietnam between 1802 and 1945 under the reign of 13 Nguyen Kings.-VNA