Museum wants to socialize investment in relic house of Ngo Dinh Diem's younger brother

On March 25, speaking with a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Nguyen Duc Loc - Director of the Thua Thien Hue History Museum said that Ngo Dinh Can's house and the Chin Ham area were ranked as National Historical Relics by the Minister of Culture and Information (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) in Decision No. 2015/QD-BT dated December 16, 1993. Currently, the relic is directly managed by the Thua Thien Hue History Museum, and the Hue City People's Committee is the coordinating management unit.

According to Mr. Nguyen Duc Loc, Ngo Dinh Can's 2-storey villa became deserted because the building deteriorated over time and few locals or tourists came to visit.

According to Mr. Loc, the nearby Nine Tunnels relic site, which is also recognized as a national historical site, attracts many visitors because it is a "red address"for educating about patriotism and revolutionary traditions.

Although it is a national historical site, Ngo Dinh Can's house is deserted and few people visit. Photo: Phuc Dat

Every year, many schools, veteran associations, and mass organizations inside and outside the province come to offer incense and flowers to commemorate the heroic martyrs and listen to explanations about the "hell on earth, Nine Pits".

Ngo Dinh Can's house has deteriorated and can be dangerous for visitors. Currently, the area of this house has been zoned and marked by the History Museum in accordance with the Heritage Law to prevent encroachment.

“With resources and actual conditions, we prioritize the Nine Tunnels Historical Site. As for Ngo Dinh Can’s house, in addition to the lack of resources, because this is a place where very few people visit and learn about it, and because the building is degraded, gloomy, and potentially dangerous, we only put up warning signs and clean it regularly. We welcome and hope to be able to socialize and find investors to preserve and exploit this site in the future,” said the leader of the Thua Thien Hue Museum of History.

Nine Tunnels is located in the middle of a pine hill at the foot of Thien Thai Mountain (also known as Ngu Tay Mountain), about 1km from Ngo Dinh Can's villa. Although it is called Nine Tunnels, it actually has eight tunnels and a guard barracks.

In 1941, the French colonialists built the Nine Tunnels area on a small hill to hide weapons. In 1945, after the Japanese coup to oust the French (March 9), the French army took all the weapons, and the tunnels were abandoned from then on.

During the time when Ngo Dinh Can ruled the Central region, he renovated and used Chin Ham as a solitary confinement area for patriots or those who opposed the Ngo family dictatorship. From then on, the Chin Ham area became a forbidden zone.

Ngo Dinh Can House and the Nine Tunnels area were ranked as National Historical Relics by the Minister of Culture and Information (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) in Decision No. 2015/QD-BT dated December 16, 1993. Currently, the relic is directly managed by the Thua Thien Hue Museum of History, and the Hue City People's Committee is the coordinating management unit.

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