Organizing Architectural Design Competition for Renovating and Upgrading the Phu Tho Provincial Martyrs Memorial

On the afternoon of November 9, Comrade Tran Duy Dong — Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee — chaired a conference to hear the Department of Construction report on options for renovating, upgrading, and expanding the Phu Tho Provincial Martyrs Memorial in Hy Cuong commune.

Attending the conference was Comrade Nguyen Khac Hieu — Member of the Provincial Party Committee and Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee; alongside leaders of relevant departments, sectors, and units.

Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Tran Duy Dong chairing the conference.

According to the report from the Department of Construction and the consulting unit, the Phu Tho Provincial Martyrs Memorial broke ground in 2007 and was put into operation in 2014 across a surface area of 7.3 hectares at Ca Chuoi Hill, located within the Hung Temple Special National Historical Relic Site.

Currently, the monument only inscribes the names of approximately 18,300 martyrs from 13 districts, cities, and towns of Phu Tho province (former); it has not yet listed martyrs from the Vinh Phuc and Hoa Binh areas.

Beside this, address information listed according to 3 former administrative levels is no longer compatible with the current local governance model. On the other hand, the existing architecture has not clearly reflected the stature of post-consolidation Phu Tho, and access routes from Nguyen Tat Thanh Street have not been fully exploited.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Khac Hieu delivering remarks.

At the conference, the Department of Construction and the consulting unit presented 3 options for renovating, upgrading, and expanding the Provincial Martyrs Memorial.

All 3 options develop upon the existing master site plan, aiming to construct a new Memorial alongside a stela system inscribing martyrs across the entire province (post-merger, Phu Tho accounts for 35,750 martyrs, 3,094 deceased Heroic Vietnamese Mothers, and 36 living Heroic Vietnamese Mothers); while concurrently opening an entryway to the Memorial and a new parking lot directly connecting from Nguyen Tat Thanh Street, renovating landscapes, and adding green trees...

Director of the Department of Construction Nguyen Xuan Quang reporting options for renovating, upgrading, and expanding the Provincial Martyrs Memorial.

Delivering concluding remarks at the conference after hearing discussion opinions from departments and sectors, Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Tran Duy Dong affirmed: Renovating, upgrading, and expanding the Provincial Martyrs Memorial is an extremely necessary task to create a sacred, spacious memorial space commensurate with Phu Tho province’s stature—fulfilling the earnest aspirations of martyrs' relatives and citizens across the province.

Overview of the conference.

Emphasizing that this is a project carrying profound symbolic significance regarding local traditions, culture, and history, the Chairman requested that investment preparation must be conducted meticulously, systematically, and thoughtfully.

He assigned the Department of Construction to coordinate with the Phu Tho Area Project Management Board to urgently formulate an investment policy proposal report—clarifying the necessity, concepts, feasibility of each option, legal procedures, and completion roadmaps.

To select the optimal architectural option—ensuring harmony among artistic aesthetics, historical, cultural, and spiritual significance, and the overall landscape of the Hung Temple Special National Historical Relic Site—the Chairman directed the organization of an architectural design competition for the project.

All work contents need to be rapidly finalized for reporting to the Provincial People’s Committee Party Committee, seeking opinions from the Standing Board of the Provincial Party Committee and the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee in strict accordance with regulations.

Dinh Vu