The Ninh Thuan provincial authorities have just sent dossier to the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism and the Viet Nam UNESCO Committee to ask for the recognition of Cham Towers as world heritage sites and Kate Festival of the Cham ethnic people in the province as intangible cultural heritage.
The Ninh Thuan-based Cham Towers consisting of three towers of Poklong Garai, Hoa Lai, and Po Ro Me and characterizing for the former Cham Kingdom's architecture, were built from six to twelve centuries ago.
The towers are the places for cultural and religious activities of the Cham ethnic people, including traditional event like Kate Festival. This year's Kate festival fell on the first days of the 7th month of the Cham calendar, equivalent to the first days of October of the solar calendar.