Provincial leaders listen to report on draft of Nghe Tinh Soviet Monument

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of July 12, in Vinh City, the Provincial People's Committee held a meeting to listen to a report on the implementation of the draft model of the Nghe Tinh Soviet monument under the project: Preserving and promoting the value of the Nghe Tinh Soviet relic in Hung Nguyen district.

Attending the event were comrades: Ho Duc Phoc - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Hung Nguyen District People's Committee, the Art Council of the Nghe Tinh Soviet Monument, Hanoi Fine Arts Construction Company Limited - author of the sketch.

Comrade Dinh Thi Le Thanh - Member of the Standing Committee - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee - Chairman of the Nghe Tinh Soviet Monument Art Council chaired the meeting.

Overview of the working session

The project to preserve and promote the value of Nghe Tinh Soviets has a total investment of 328 billion VND and is divided into 2 phases: Phase 1: Carry out site clearance and construction of the tomb and temple, square and monument of Nghe Tinh Soviets, related infrastructure and auxiliary items; Phase 2: Carry out site clearance and construction of the remaining items.

Sketch of the Nghe Tinh Soviet Monument cluster

At the meeting, the leaders of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Committee and the Arts Council reviewed the master plan of the project to preserve and promote the value of the Nghe Tinh Soviet relic. The draft model of the Monument was adjusted according to the conclusion of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee (reducing the height of the Monument to less than 11m and removing the auxiliary reliefs for the Monument).

Master plan of the Project to Preserve and Promote the Values ​​of Nghe Tinh Soviets

However, after creating the model (sand table), the overall project with a scale of 1/200 found some inappropriate points if the height and reliefs of the Monument were reduced, so Hanoi Fine Arts Construction Company Limited - the author of the draft proposed the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee to allow adjustment and addition of some contents of the monument model such as: the size of the Monument is kept the same with a total height of 21m from the statue's ground to the highest peak of the flame; changing the original layout of 6 relief panels to a layout of 3 relief panels...

Comrade Ho Duc Phoc - Provincial Party Secretary agreed to keep the height of the Nghe Tinh Soviet Monument unchanged.

After listening to the Hanoi Construction and Fine Arts Company Limited present the specific content and meaning of the Monument cluster, the leaders of the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial People's Committee agreed to keep the height of the Monument at 21m. The Monument cluster was designed to be grandiose, fully conveying the historical value of the Nghe Tinh Soviet movement 1930 - 1931. However, it is necessary to adjust some reliefs to be suitable, clearly distinguishing between negative and positive images, thereby highlighting the indomitable will of our army and people during the climax of 30 - 31.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee proposed to adjust some contents on the relief to match the spirit of the Nghe Tinh Soviet flame.

Representatives of Hanoi Fine Arts Construction Company Limited accepted all opinions of the provincial leaders and the Arts Council and committed to completing the Monument as soon as possible according to the project's schedule.

Comrade Dinh Thi Le Thanh - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee thanked the attention of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee so that the Monument cluster could be soon deployed according to the project schedule.

Receiving the opinions of the Provincial Party Secretary and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, concluding the working session, Ms. Dinh Thi Le Thanh - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Chairman of the Art Council of the Nghe Tinh Soviet Monument thanked the attention of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee so that the Monument cluster could be implemented soon. The Vice Chairman requested the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to hand over the related items to the Hung Nguyen District People's Committee before July 15 to proceed with tree planting. At the same time, the Hung Nguyen District People's Committee urgently carried out site clearance for households in the project. The Department of Construction coordinated well to perform its part so that the project could be completed on the occasion of the Nghe Tinh Soviet Anniversary on September 12, 2015./.

Thanh Thuy