With no wood-fired kilns left, Vietnam's UNESCO-listed ancient town patches its roofs with tin and tarps
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Tarps and metal roofing are encroaching on the yin-yang tiled roofs and open-air lightwells of Hoi An's old houses, spoiling the heritage landscape of the UNESCO-listed town in central Vietnam. - VnExpress International
Hoi An Ancient Town was recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage Site in 1999. It has more than 1,000 old houses and relics, over 80% of them privately...