The Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee approved the investment policy for the project to build the Memorial Monument of Hiep Hoa culvert, Do Luong.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation chaired and directed.

Attending the meeting were comrades: Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and leaders of a number of relevant departments, agencies and branches.

Investment scale of the Memorial Stele includes: stele, steps and stele yard with an area of ​​about 300m2². Stairs and walkways for the disabled to go up and down the monument, area about 188m2².

The flower lantern releasing dock and the stairs up and down to the dock have an area of ​​about 142m2.²; along with technical and auxiliary infrastructure items: leveling, stone embankment, yard, internal road, parking lot, flower beds. Total investment of 5 billion VND from the provincial budget (source of increased revenue, saving expenses) and the central budget with annual targeted additional support.

Construction site at Hiep Hoa hamlet (new), Hoa Son commune, Do Luong district. The project will be implemented within no more than 2 years from the commencement date.

Hiep Hoa culvert was built in 1934, located on the agricultural river system leading water from Bara Do Luong to irrigate agricultural production in Do Luong, Dien Chau, Yen Thanh, Quynh Luu districts, Nghe An province.

After a period of sedimentation and war devastation, the water flow through Hiep Hoa sluice was not enough to irrigate Dien Chau, Yen Thanh, and Quynh Luu districts, so the sluice had to be expanded.

At the end of 1977, Nghe Tinh province (old) decided to dredge and repair Dao river and expand Hiep Hoa sluice which was heavily damaged by American bombs, narrowing the flow, and not providing enough water for production and daily life needs of the people. To have enough water for irrigation, Nghe Tinh province (old) mobilized 21,000 laborers and youth volunteers from 7 districts with the support of the 4th Military Region troops.

However, when the project was almost completed, at noon on January 3, 1978, thousands of cubic meters of rock and soil on both sides of the vertical wall collapsed into the canal, burying hundreds of people, of which 98 people died and 132 were injured...

The construction of the Hiep Hoa culvert memorial stele in Do Luong is a necessary work to commemorate the merits of those who died during the construction process, to meet the wishes of the relatives of the deceased, and to demonstrate the morality of "remembering the source of the water we drink" of our nation.