VietNamNet Bridge – More than 16,300 artifacts believed to date to 14th century have been unearthed in the central province of Binh Dinh at the former site of Vijaya, the political and cultural hub of the Champa kingdom.

Two stones found at a construction site in Quang Ngai City last week are vestiges of a complex of Cham Towers that used to stand in the area more than a millennia ago, officials believe.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central province plans to create a 7,900ha sea reserve off the coast of Ly Son Island and Binh Chau Commune before awarding it Global Geopark status.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Quang Nam Province plans to relocate a Cham ruin in the path of a highway project because the road must go ahead.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fragments of ceramic ware and stone statuary ware from an old shipwreck have been found on an ancient ship found under water near the islet of An Binh, 3km from Ly Son Island

 VietNamNet Bridge – Silhouettes of Hindu and Buddhist deities offer visitors the chance to discover art produced during the Champa Kingdom, which ruled much of central and southern Viet Nam for centuries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 285-page book titled the Corpus of Inscriptions of Champa which has been translated from the ancient Cham language (Sanskrit) into English and Vietnamese, was launched at the Cham Sculpture Museum yesterday.

A Cham tower complex has been found in Hoa Vang District after a three-month excavation, including 629 objects dating from the 10th-14th centuries, archaeologists from the National Museum of Vietnamese History announced yesterday.