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Designs for memorial to Vietnam’s fallen Hoang Sa soldiers on display

Designs for memorial to Vietnam’s fallen Hoang Sa soldiers on display

Sunday, December 13, 2015, 19:30 GMT+7

Four entries shortlisted from a competition to seek a design for a memorial to pay tribute to fallen Hoang Sa (Paracel) heroes are being exhibited in Ho Chi Minh City.

Four outstanding works chosen from 21 submissions to the “Fallen Hoang Sa Heroes Memorial” design contest are now on view at the Labor Culture House, located at 55 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, District 1.

The exhibition, running from Saturday this week to Friday next week, is organized to cull comments from visitors who will also decide on the winning design.

The construction of the structure is initiated by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor and intended as a momentous milestone to reiterate Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa archipelago.

The archipelago is currently administered by the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang.

Most of the contest entries accentuate Vietnamese forefathers’ discovery and reclamation of Hoang Sa in the old times and are inspired by the formidable Hoang Sa troops, who were entrusted by the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) – the country's last monarchy rule – with safeguarding the group of islands and carrying out fishing activities in the surrounding waters.

“The memorial structure is reflective of Vietnamese people’s aspiration for territorial integrity,” Dang Ngoc Tung, the confederation’s chair, said.

The memorial is also meant to pay homage to the old times’ intrepid troops, as well as 74 naval officers and soldiers of the then-Republic of Vietnam [the South Vietnam administration before 1975] who unyieldingly fought against the Chinese to protect the archipelago and died in action, resting forever in the sea area of the archipelago on January 19, 1974, he added. The structure also commemorates those fishermen steadfastly protecting Hoang Sa fishing fields, as well as meteorologists working tirelessly on the islands.

The memorial will be built on Ly Son Island, an outpost location and scenic spot located off the central Vietnamese province of Quang Ngai, at an estimated cost of VND50 billion (US$2.19 million).

The first sod is expected to be turned on the project to build the memorial on January 19, 2016, which marks the 42nd anniversary of China’s seizure of Hoang Sa from Vietnam.

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