The Secretary of Hanoi asked to stop dismantling the ancient French house with 4 facades in Ba Dinh district to build a high-rise building

April 6, 2022 17:01 GMT+7

Before the press information reflected on the dismantling of building No. 61 Tran Phu (Ba Dinh district) to build a high-rise project, on April 6, Mr. Dinh Tien Dung, Secretary of the Ha Hoi City Party Committee asked the Management Board to The Party Committee of the City People’s Committee and the Ba Dinh District Party Committee directed the review and strictly handled the collective and individual responsibilities involved for the occurrence of violations (if any).

The Party Secretary of Hanoi directed the demolition of the “four-fronted ancient French building” in Ba Dinh district.

Accordingly, the Hanoi City Party Committee requested the Party Committee of the City People’s Committee to direct the City People’s Committee, departments and branches of the city according to their assigned functions and tasks to urgently send a written request to the investor. temporarily suspending construction work at 61 Tran Phu (Ba Dinh district); at the same time, organize the inspection of the above project implementation process and procedures.

The results of implementing this request must be reported to the Standing Committee of the City Party before April 8.

The bas-relief on the wall of a French-style house at 61 Tran Phu.

As Infonet Reportedly, the old French building located on the “diamond” land running along 4 sides of Nguyen Thai Hoc – Hung Vuong – Tran Phu – Le Truc (Ba Dinh district, Hanoi) is being demolished to build a new project. new judgment.

It is known that this land is managed and used by Postal Equipment Joint Stock Company (investor), with a total area of ​​about 9,078 m2. After being demolished, the new building was built with 11 floors and 6 basements, with a total usable area of ​​more than 43,023 m2; height is about 42.9 m.

The only row of houses that has not been demolished on Hung Vuong Street.

Previously, on June 24, 2017, the Hanoi People’s Committee approved the investment policy of the Postef multi-function project in this land. On the project site, on the wall of the row of houses close to the intersection of Nguyen Thai Hoc – Le Truc, there is a relief embossed image of militia and self-defense forces defending Hanoi during the resistance war against the US, marking the event “Military and civilian The capital shot down a modern American plane on the spot on May 19, 1967.

In the afternoon of April 5, machines and workers are demolishing the building.

In order to preserve and promote the value of the revolutionary resistance relic, the People’s Committee of Ba Dinh district has sent a document to the Postal Equipment Joint Stock Company (Postef) requesting the protection of the bas-relief in its original state.

Postef company must report to the Hanoi People’s Committee, the Department of Culture and Sports, the People’s Committee of Ba Dinh District the plan to move, protect and restore the bas-relief at its original location before the work is completed and put into operation. use.

Ba Dinh District assigned the Culture and Information Office, the People’s Committee of Dien Bien Ward to coordinate with the Postef Company, the specialized departments of the Department of Culture and Sports to perform tasks to preserve and protect the bas-relief where the events on May 19, 1967 of Hanoi capital.

Bao Khanh