(VOVworld)- Vietnam’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park received its second UNESCO recognition on Friday.

At a conference held in Bonn, Germany, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee approved the addition of two natural sites in its World Heritage List – the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park and the Cape Floral Region Protected Area in South Africa. It is the second time that the Vietnamese park received UNESCO recognition, the first time in 2003 for its geological and geomorphologic values. The site's new profile includes more geological and geomorphological data. Since 2012, the park area increased from 85,754ha to 123,326ha under a decision by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to adjust its boundaries. The new information on the park's biodiversity and ecological and biological processes won it the latest recognition.