As the most famous architectural complex of the Cham people in Vietnam, My Son Shrine was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in December 1999.
In Hoi An City, home to the ancient city of Hoi An, the couple paid a courtesy visit to the leaders of Quang Nam Province on September 23.
Phan Viet Cuong, secretary of the provincial Party Committee, reported on the effects of cooperation between Quang Nam and Japanese localities.
Crown Prince Akishino highlighted the special importance of his stopover in Vietnam, which is the first overseas after the COVID-19 pandemic and also the first of the Japanese royal family in the Southeast Asian country since the stopover of the Emperor and Empress of Japan in 2017. . .
In Hči An, the couple saw the ancient city, the relics of Chua Cau (Bridge Pagoda) and an exhibition corridor of Japanese culture.