VietNamNet Bridge - On the morning of January 21, nearly 5,000 artifacts excavated in the 700-year-old shipwreck in the waters of Binh Chau commune in the central province of Quang Ngai were divided, based on the Law on Cultural Heritage and the decision of Quang Ngai authorities.

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According to the decision of Quang Ngai province, the company that covered the cost for excavation received two thirds of the antiquities and the State got the remaining part of the nearly 5,000 artifacts. The 35 exclusive antiques and some appliances of the crew belonged to the State.

The antiques were divided in the campus of the Quang Ngai Museum.

Mr. Doan Sung, adviser of Anh Duong Co., the excavator, said that the company would donate a part of the antiques to the National History Museum and other museums in Vietnam, and the remaining items would be exhibited in the company’s museum on the island of Phu Quoc, Kien Giang province.

Dr. Nguyen Dang Vu, director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Quang Ngai province said that the antiques managed by the State would be displayed at the Quang Ngai Museum this lunar New Year.

He added that Quang Ngai would organize a national workshop on the wreck and antiques collected from this ship.

Dr. Nguyen Dinh Chien, deputy director of the National History Museum, said that there are over 30 kinds of coins from the wreck, dating back as early as the Tang Dynasty (before the tenth century).

T. Van