Circular No. 19/2012/TT-BVHTTDL dated December 28, 2012 of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

No.

Categories of vestiges and antiques

1

Individual fossilized humans, animals and plants or their parts belonging to Vietnam’s prehistoric period

2

Antiques made of materials bearing typical historical, cultural or scientific value of Vietnam’s prehistoric and earliest historical periods

3

Documents made of materials valuable for research of Vietnam’s national history, culture and sovereignty and national heroes and celebrities with positive influence on the development of Vietnamese nation, including:

3.1

Manuscripts, original documents

3.2

Ancient books

3.3

Maps

3.4

Fine-arts works

4

Vestiges and antiques made of materials bearing typical historical, cultural or scientific value of Vietnam’s historical periods before September 1945, including:

4.1

Production tools

4.2

Utensils, learning tools

4.3

Worship tools in religious and belief activities

4.4

Jewelry

4.5

Costumes

4.6

Weapons

4.7

Musical instruments

4.8

Fine arts work

4.9

Seals

4.10

Golden books

4.11

Precious metals and gemstones

4.12

Money

4.13

Carved wooden boards

4.14

Wood-blocks, royal documents, legends and stories about gods, family annals, royal title conferment, imperial orders, royal ordinances, royal diplomas and certificates, posthumous manuscripts, documents, books

4.15

Contracts, village conventions

4.16

Folk art equipment and costumes

4.17

Horizontal lacquered banners and parallel sentences written in Han characters

5

Literary manuscripts, original works of plastic arts (paintings, graphics, sculpture), and photographic works created since September 1945 with high ideological and artistic values and great influence on the society, including:

5.1

Literary manuscripts presented with the Ho Chi Minh Award, the

State Award

5.2

Original works of plastic arts and photographic works that won A prize (or first prize) at national photo and fine-arts exhibitions or the Ho Chi Minh Award, the State Award

6

Vestiges and antiques made of materials bearing historical, cultural or scientific value and belonging to listed and inventoried cultural-historical relics and scenic places

6.1

At historical relics, including:

6.1.1

Hand writings, book manuscripts, letters and utensils, learning and working tools pertaining to the careers of national leaders and heroes, celebrities, historical figures with influence on national and local development in the political, military, diplomatic, economic, cultural, social and scientific fields

6.1.2

Weapons

6.1.3

Musical instruments

6.1.4

Fine-arts and photographic works

6.1.5

Royal title conferment, imperial orders, royal diplomas and certificates

6.1.6

Official or manuscript documents; leaflets, epigrams, propaganda paintings, newspapers and magazines, supplements, victory news; medals, orders, commemorative medals

6.1.7

Worship tools in religious and belief activities

6.1.8

Horizontal lacquered banners and parallel sentences written in Han characters

6.1.9

Other vestiges and antiques belonging to relics

6.2

At architectural - artistic relics, including:

6.2.1

Construction materials, architectural building components, architectural decorations, interior decorations

6.2.2

Fine arts works, pictures, statues, sutras, bibles and unique wood carvings

6.2.3

Worship tools in religious and belief activities

6.2.4

Other types of vestiges and antiques belonging to relics

6.3

At archaeological relics, including:

6.3.1

Production tools

6.3.2

Utensils and learning tools

6.3.4

Worship tools in religious and belief activities

6.3.5

Jewelry

6.3.6

Weapons

6.3.7

Musical instruments

6.3.8

Architecture, materials, decorations

6.3.9

Burial artifacts

6.3.10

Human and animal remains

6.3.11

Other vestiges and antiques found at relics

6.4

At scenic places, including:

6.4.1

Artifacts made from animals, plants or rare minerals

6.4.2

Other vestiges and antiques belonging to scenic places

7

Vestiges and antiques made of materials before 1975 bearing typical historical, cultural or scientific value of ethnic minority groups in the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, including:

7.1

Production tools

7.2

Worship tools in religious and belief activities

7.3

Costumes

7.4

Weapons

7.5

Musical instruments

7.6

Fine arts works

7.7

Bibliographies

7.8

Instruments for art performance

8

Vestiges and antiques made of various materials pertaining to important events and careers of leading revolutionaries, outstanding political and military activists during the periods of the founding of the Party and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the  struggles for  national independence and unification since September 1945, including:

8.1

Production tools

8.2

Utensils, learning and working tools

8.3

Jewelry

8.4

Costumes

8.5

Weapons

8.6

Fine arts and photographic works

8.7

Official or manuscript documents; leaflets, epigrams, propaganda paintings, newspapers and magazines, supplements, victory news; medals, orders, insignias; hand writings, book manuscripts, letters

8.8

Stamps and postal items

8.9

Other related categories of vestiges and antiques

9

Antiques made of materials bearing typical historical, cultural or scientific value and of foreign origin (excluding those temporarily imported for re-export)