The People’s Committee of Duy Xuyen District in the central region’s Quang Nam Province announced Thursday that it would build a statue of late Polish architect Kazimiers Kwiatkowski (1944-1997) to honor him.

Known also as “Architect Kazik” by his Vietnamese friends and colleagues, Kwiatkowski had a longstanding relationship with Vietnam for nearly two decades and called it his “second country.”

Together with other Polish experts and Vietnamese officials, Kwiatkowski researched many of Vietnam’s Cham historic relics following the war.

Kwiatkowski is also credited with helping turn Quang Nam’s My Son Sanctuary and Hoi An Ancient Town into world cultural heritage sites.

Reported by Ho Trong