The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism requests urgent disaster recovery at relics and museums in Hue.

The Ministry's leaders requested to promptly protect the scene and prevent collapses and landslides of structures at the relic site to ensure the safety of the relic site and the safety of people around the relic site...

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong has just signed an official dispatch to the People's Committee of Hue City on responding to and overcoming natural disasters for relics and museums in Hue City.

After receiving the Quick Report from the Department of Culture and Sports of Hue City and the Official Dispatch of the Hue Monuments Conservation Center on flood and storm prevention and the collapse of a section of the Imperial Citadel wall (about 15m long) belonging to the World Cultural Heritage Complex of Hue Monuments, the Ministry highly appreciated the sense of responsibility and proactiveness of local management agencies, museums and relic management boards in the area in the work of natural disaster prevention, response and overcoming the consequences of floods and storms, contributing to minimizing damage to cultural heritages in the area.

However, due to natural disasters and floods occurring with intensity and wide scope from November 2-4 with complicated developments, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism requested the People's Committee of Hue City to direct the competent authorities to organize inspections and reviews of the current status of the collapsed section of the Imperial Citadel wall in particular, the technical status of the relics, items, walls, tiled roofs, foundations and technical infrastructure of the World Heritage Complex of Hue Monuments in general and the relics in the city to assess the level of damage to serve the restoration work.

In particular, the Ministry's leaders requested to promptly protect the scene, prevent collapses and landslides of structures at the relic site to ensure the safety of the relic site and the safety of people around the relic site; organize inventory, review, and evaluate the preservation status of relics and antiquities in the relic site that are affected or at risk of damage due to rain, floods, and mold to develop timely preservation plans to avoid irreparable losses.

The Ministry's leaders requested the People's Committee of Hue City to prioritize, allocate funds and assign the Hue Monuments Conservation Center to continue reviewing areas of the collapsed Imperial Citadel wall section belonging to the World Cultural Heritage Complex of Hue Monuments at high risk of landslides, and urgently develop a plan to restore and embellish the monument according to regulations to submit to competent authorities for consideration and decision.

In the long term, the Ministry proposed that the People's Committee of Hue City direct the Department of Culture and Sports of Hue City to coordinate with specialized agencies in the area to develop a disaster risk management plan, in order to be more proactive in identifying, preventing, responding to, minimizing and recovering from natural disaster risks for relics in the area.

In particular, strengthen propaganda work and guide the community to participate in protection work, in order to detect and warn early of unusual signs so that timely response and remedial measures can be taken, thereby contributing to enhancing the effectiveness of management, protection and promotion of relic values, ensuring safety for people and visitors./.

(Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/bo-vhttdl-yeu-cau-khan-truong-khac-phuc-thien-tai-o-di-tich-bao-tang-tai-hue-post1075107.vnp