Renovating Banh It tower in Binh Dinh: The director of the department signed many strange documents

Regarding the case of construction, renovation and embellishment of Banh It tower, which made the public angry because of signs of encroachment on national monuments, Director of Binh Dinh Department of Culture – Sports (VH-TT) Ta Xuan Chanh signed 2 “strange” documents and were “whispered”

The construction unit put the excavator into the ruins of Banh It tower to dig and scoop up soil next to the towers

Specifically, on March 7, Director of the Department of Culture and Sports Ta Xuan Chanh signed a document to the People’s Committee of Binh Dinh province on the temporary suspension of construction, repair and embellishment of landscape infrastructure at the relic of Banh Tower. Little (Phuoc Hiep commune, Tuy Phuoc district) from March 5 to April 5. The reason: the number of visitors is quite large, so the construction is temporarily stopped to ensure safety.

Public opinion believes that the Department of Culture and Sports consulted the People’s Committee of Binh Dinh province in the style of “paying money after the execution”. Specifically, the document was signed by Mr. Ta Xuan Chanh on March 7 but asked to temporarily stop welcoming guests from March 5. And from this day on, Banh It tower has officially stopped accepting guests.

The reporter’s source said that because the document of the Department of Culture and Sports was presented in the form of “post-mortem payment”, then Binh Dinh Provincial People’s Committee did not respond.

On March 18, Director of Binh Dinh Department of Culture and Sports Ta Xuan Chanh continued to sign a document requesting the Director of this Provincial Museum to urgently check and clarify the fact that officials and employees at the information provider , photos, videos for the press around the construction, renovation and embellishment of items at the Banh It tower relic.

The document of the Director of Binh Dinh Department of Culture and Sports on “tracing” the information supplier to embellish Banh It tower for the press

Accordingly, Mr. Chanh requested to strictly handle the provision of information in contravention of regulations and report the implementation results before March 21. Also in the above document, Mr. Chanh said that the investment project of the construction, renovation, embellishment and promotion of the relic value at Banh It tower was approved by the People’s Committee of Binh Dinh province; The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Department of Cultural Heritage have agreed and appraised.

However, when implementing the project at Banh It tower, the press, public opinion and websites had some mixed and non-constructive reflections. After that, although the renovation items on the yard at Banh It tower cluster were temporarily stopped, some newspapers, websites and public opinion still had conflicting information, confusing information, and making it difficult to continue. organize the implementation of items at the relic in accordance with the direction of the People’s Committee of Binh Dinh province.

Before the “strange” content of the above document, on the afternoon of March 21, Mr. Lam Hai Giang, Vice Chairman of Binh Dinh Provincial People’s Committee, directed the Director of the Department of Culture and Sports to withdraw. According to Mr. Giang, after the press reflected, Binh Dinh province’s leaders accepted the comments and stopped the construction of items directly related to the preservation of the Banh It tower relic. The Provincial People’s Committee also assigned the Department of Culture and Sports to invite the Cultural Heritage Department to discuss measures to organize and implement the project accordingly.

“I think the document of the Department of Culture and Sports is not good! It is impossible to say that without a specific conclusion. It is normal to have mixed public opinion” – Mr. Giang said.

Site of construction, renovation and embellishment of items at the relic of Banh It tower

After consulting Mr. Lam Hai Giang, on the evening of the same day, Binh Dinh Department of Culture and Sports “revoked” the above document. However, this “revocation” is done in the form of “withdrawal of documents” on the electronic system, but there is no official document. Talking about the reason for the withdrawal of the document, Mr. Ta Xuan Chanh said that it was because “the brothers drafted unclear sentences, leading to misunderstanding”.