On the morning of May 31, Mr. Nguyen Tan Tuan, Chairman of Khanh Hoa People's Committee, proactively contacted Thanh Nien Newspaper reporters to inform them about the policy of renovating Truong Dong communal house.
According to Mr. Tuan, the provincial leaders thanked Thanh Nien Newspaper for promptly reporting the incident so that the provincial leaders could better understand the serious deterioration of the communal house. "The province's viewpoint is to immediately invest in renovating the communal house to preserve and promote its inherent values, so that this place can become a cultural and tourist destination for the community," Mr. Tuan informed, adding that this week the province will work with relevant departments and branches to discuss the implementation of the restoration project.
Truong Dong Temple is deteriorating.
Previously, on May 30, Thanh Nien Newspaper published an article "The 150-year-old communal house in Nha Trang is at risk of collapsing at any time", reflecting that Truong Dong communal house in Vinh Truong Ward, Nha Trang City was built more than 150 years ago, and has been conferred 9 times by Nguyen Dynasty kings, but now the communal house is at risk of collapsing due to lack of maintenance.
Truong Dong Communal House is in danger of collapsing, authorities put up warning signs
Truong Dong Communal House has been a place associated with coastal residents in Nha Trang City since ancient times. According to the elders, the communal house was built in the early 19th century to worship Thanh Hoang of the village and also worship Nam Hai, Ngu Hanh, Tien Hien, Hau Hien...
The communal house still preserves 9 royal decrees granted by the Nguyen Dynasty kings. This is a valuable historical - cultural, architectural and artistic relic, decorated with delicate and unique patterns and mascots. In particular, the wooden architecture system is still quite intact. In 2010, the communal house was ranked as a provincial historical - cultural relic by the People's Committee of Khanh Hoa province.
Close-up of the degraded Truong Dong communal house
The communal house has an area of over 1,000 m2 , with many construction items: Nghi Mon gate, communal house, mausoleum, temple. However, many items at Truong Dong communal house are now very dilapidated, the wooden pillars supporting the house are rotten, the brick walls are cracked in many places, the tile roof is peeling and leaking. Not only that, because it is located in the middle of a residential area, the surrounding houses have raised the ground, causing the communal house yard to be in the middle, every time there is heavy rain, the communal house and mausoleum are deeply flooded, causing the quality of the wooden construction items to deteriorate more quickly.
At the end of March 2023, Nha Trang City People's Committee submitted a document to the Department of Planning and Investment to appraise the report proposing the investment policy for the project to restore the provincial-level relic of Truong Dong communal house.
According to Nha Trang City People's Committee, the total investment is expected to be 13 billion VND, of which the provincial budget is expected to be 2.5 billion VND and Nha Trang City budget is 10.5 billion VND. The investor is Vinh Truong Ward People's Committee; implementation period is from 2023 to 2025.
However, recently, the Khanh Hoa Department of Culture and Sports responded in writing that it could not allocate the counterpart fund of 2.5 billion VND from the provincial budget to restore this project. Therefore, the project to restore Truong Dong communal house has not been able to be implemented yet, while the communal house is at risk of collapsing at any time.
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