Hanoi, Nov. 29 -- Many of Hanoi's historical factories are being moved outside the city and experts are united in their calls for these locations to be set up as creative spaces, particularly as Hanoi is working towards joining UNESCO 's creative cities network.

Associate Professor Pham Thuy Loan, a representative from the Asian Industrial Heritage Conservation Network in Vietnam, said that the country had industrial buildings with heritage value, but no industrial heritage.

The concept of industrial heritage has yet to be legalised or included in legal documents, making it impossible to protect those heritages.

She said that was the biggest barrier to protecting industrial heritage in Vietnam.

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