Pasteur Institute relic 'cries for help' because it is submerged in advertising: Dismantle 2 out of 3 pillars

After Tuoi Tre published the article "Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute "calls for help" because the 134-year-old relic is submerged in advertising", Vice Chairwoman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Tran Thi Dieu Thuy requested the Department of Culture and Sports to urgently inspect and report the results.

On the afternoon of December 1, the billboard at the corner of Pasteur - Vo Thi Sau Street had its advertising content turned off - Photo: XUAN MAI

Following the above direction, the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City has just reported on the handling direction. Specifically, according to the Department of Culture and Sports, currently at the intersection of Pasteur - Vo Thi Sau Street, an LED screen pole is being installed, and the City People's Committee has agreed to let a company install the advertising pole to have a source of funding to sponsor the Ho Chi Minh City Football Club.

The location of the intersection of Vo Thi Sau - Nam Ky Khoi Nghia was also approved in principle for another company to install LED screens at 18 clusters/locations, serving political propaganda and combined with paying benefits to sponsors.

For the corner of Tran Quoc Toan - Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street, the People's Committee of District 3 previously allowed a company to install a propaganda billboard combined with commercial advertising, and at the same time granted a construction permit to dig the sidewalk to renovate, repair and reinforce this billboard.

Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City was officially ranked as a city-level architectural and artistic relic in 2015. Currently, this relic space is "threatened" by pillars and commercial billboards - Photo: TRI DUC

On November 27, the Department of Culture and Sports invited departments, branches, localities, and units that own advertising pole installation locations to a meeting to come up with a solution.

Accordingly, the advertising companies committed to unconditionally dismantle and will report to the Department of Culture and Sports, Xuan Hoa ward as soon as possible.

Regarding the location at the corner of Pasteur - Vo Thi Sau Street, Binh Minh Real Estate Investment and Development Company Limited (the unit installing the billboard pole) said that this pole was installed a long time ago, on land with convenient traffic conditions to accompany the City to promote political propaganda, and the Government 's Project 06 and other propaganda content when the City suddenly requests...

The Department of Culture and Sports determined that the location of the signpost is outside the Pasteur Institute campus, more than 3 meters from the fence and facing the corner of Pasteur - Vo Thi Sau Street. Currently, there is no basis to determine that the signpost affects the relic, so the department proposed that the City People's Committee consider allowing the unit to continue maintaining it.

Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City - 134-year-old relic

According to the Department of Culture and Sports, the Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City is a French architectural style building consisting of U-shaped buildings, red tiles, arched doors, and typical early 20th century architecture, with a total area of ​​about 8,590 square meters. The Institute was officially ranked as a city-level architectural and artistic relic in 2015.

According to Article 9 of the Law on Heritage, there are provisions on prohibited acts of "damaging, destroying or causing the risk of destroying cultural heritage and cultural landscape of relics" (under Clause 2); "Encroaching on and destroying land with historical - cultural relics and scenic spots" (under Clause 8).

Therefore, placing large billboards on the sidewalks and street corners around the Pasteur Institute will affect the cultural landscape of this relic.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/di-tich-vien-pasteur-keu-cuu-vi-chim-trong-quang-cao-thao-do-2-trong-tong-so-3-tru-20251203162647084.htm