At the meeting of the Hue City People's Council that just took place, a resolution was passed stipulating the fee level for visiting Hai Van Quan national relic with a level of 70,000 VND/visit/person. The fee level applies uniformly to both Vietnamese and international tourists according to the management coordination mechanism between Hue and Da Nang.
Previously, from September 2024, the People's Committees of Da Nang and Hue two localities agreed on a fee framework from 50,000 to 70,000 VND/turn/person to create a basis for managing, preserving and exploiting the value of relics. The fee collection is determined to compensate for maintenance, repair, operation costs and serve the preservation of works.
This is a rather special and rare relic site because both adjacent localities jointly manage, preserve, promote heritage values, and jointly exploit tourism services.
According to the resolution, all revenue from entrance tickets will be left to the Hue Ancient Citadel Relic Preservation Center for management and use for relic restoration, maintenance and operation. In which, at least 20% of revenue is for regular maintenance.
The resolution also stipulates many cases of fee exemption and reduction. Children under 13 years old, students participating in extracurricular activities, people with severe disabilities, research delegations, newspapers and some major holidays of the year will be free of charge for sightseeing. People in Hue, Da Nang and policy beneficiaries will receive a 50% discount on ticket prices.
The resolution takes effect until the end of 2028. From 2029, Da Nang will issue a new resolution to continue implementing the rotation management mechanism between the two localities.
Hai Van Quan is located on the top of Hai Van Pass, a national historical and architectural art relic. The project was built from the Tran Dynasty, restored by King Minh Mang in 1826 and once played an important military role in protecting Hue Capital from the South under the Nguyen Dynasty.
In 2021, this relic was invested more than 42 billion VND to preserve, restore and promote heritage values.
