I am fortunate to be the son-in-law of the dreamland of Hue. My father-in-law was Mr. Phan Thanh Du, then the Director of Hue Tourism Company. My mention of him is also just an excuse to talk about the history of a building sitting on the Perfume River, a floating house located right next to Truong Tien Bridge.
I dare to guarantee that 99% of Hue people do not know that this place nearly 40 years ago has marked a historic milestone, welcomed General Secretary Le Duan, General Vo Nguyen Giap and Head of the Organization Committee of the Party Central Committee Le Duc Tho on the day of fireworks on March 26, the 3th anniversary of the liberation of the city. Hue. Just the presence of the supreme leaders in this place proved that the floating house at that time was the pride of our hometown. Hope these precious and one-of-a-kind images are still preserved.
Surely the seniors still remember the image of a beautiful floating house made of bamboo rafts on the Perfume River from the French colonial period of Mr. It is this floating house that inspires Secretary of Hue City Party Committee Hoang Lanh (also Deputy Secretary of Binh Tri Thien Provincial Party Committee), to think of a more modern floating house also on this Perfume River. To think is to do, and so near the end of 1984, Mr. Hoang Lanh and some comrades were sent to Hanoi by Standing Committee of Hue City Party Committee and Binh Tri Thien Provincial Standing Party Committee to meet with Standing Air Force Command (PKKQ). ) to ask for… shells containing rockets as a buoy system, so that the house can float on the water. Perhaps because Mr. Hoang Lanh came from the army, he understood the value of the cover of each of these missiles. Before the Standing Committee of the Air Force Command, Mr. Lanh presented, that the province wishes to have a beautiful floating house as brilliant as a red lotus flower planted on the Perfume River, that Binh Tri Thien's economy is still limited, that Hue tourism industry is being shaped and developed… Hearing that, without hesitation, the Air Defense Command Command was very pleased to contribute to the beautification of the Perfume River and immediately dispatched Colonel Truong Minh Ta, a son of Hue. project responsibility.
So Colonel Colonel became "architect" and project manager. Mr. Phan Thanh Du built a temporary house right under Truong Tien Bridge, installed a desk phone for Chairman Ta to temporarily rest and manage the work. Supplies from the Air Defense Command were transferred including 40 rocket shells, each 8 meters long, nearly 1 meter in diameter, very heavy. Each truck can only carry 3 shells. Binh Tri Thien province also "ask" for tons of iron, assembly accessories... To carry these shells and supplies, it takes twenty-eight cars and two transport battalions of the High Command.
Mr. Ta conducts a flow survey to find out where to place the floating house, so that even if there is a storm or flood, the floating house will not float away. Mr. Hoang Lanh, Mr. Cong tested a series of skilled masons, welders, forge and cold workers to the construction site. Machinery and equipment were dispatched in a timely manner. In mid-November 11, the work was officially started.
The working atmosphere is urgent, the whole section of the Perfume River at the foot of Trang Tien Bridge becomes more vibrant than ever. Colonel Colonel ran around the inside, Director Du ran outside, fighting with the constant rains, with the east winds heavy with the steam of the Perfume River, sometimes the rice was cold because it was too late to eat… Then, more than three Months later, the floating house shaped like a lotus flower was completed in the joy of the leaders and people of Hue. And since that day, the crimson lotus flower is always shining on the Huong Giang river.
The image of a man about sixty years old in a unique faded civilian outfit directing a group of workers to work day and night has left a good impression on the leaders, as well as the people of Hue. That person was none other than Colonel Truong Minh Ta. Hearing his bright voice, no one thought that he is now ninety-five years old, still healthy, lucid, reminiscent of every beautiful memory, generous despite hard work and fatigue during the days of pregnancy on a floating house. This.
Ask him, the floating house does not belong to Hue Tourism Company anymore, what do you think? He laughs, no matter who belongs to, the floating house still lives with the Perfume River. Then the eyes of the old man over ninety lit up when he mentioned the anniversary of General Secretary Le Duan, General Vo Nguyen Giap, and Le Duc Tho's footprints.
