Thang Long Royal Citadel named World Heritage site
The Thang Long Royal Citadel has been named a World Heritage site by UNESCO, the UN cultural and scientific body, according to a statement on the government website Sunday.
Rio becomes world heritage site Updated: 08:48, Monday July 2, 2012 Rio de Janeiro's iconic landscape, marked by soaring granite facades that drop into the ocean and white-sand beaches that go on for miles, is now an official world heritage site.