On July 12, the Hue Monuments Conservation Center announced that it had just approved a plan to select a contractor to carry out the cleaning, preservation and repainting of the degraded wooden structures at the Ngu Phung Pavilion, a contract worth 401 million VND, taken from the 2025 relic entrance fee revenue left to the center. This is one of the important items to preserve the aesthetic and architectural value of the iconic structure belonging to the Hue Monuments Complex - a UNESCO-recognized World Cultural Heritage.
The new Ngu Phung Tower (taken in May 2021). Photo: Phuc Dat
The faded Ngu Phung Tower (taken in May 2025). Photo: Phuc Dat.
According to the plan, the selection of contractors will be implemented in the third quarter of 2025 in the form of open domestic bidding via the internet to ensure publicity and transparency.
In addition to construction costs, the Center also plans to spend about 46 million VND on related work such as drawing up drawings, estimating, price appraisal and construction supervision.
As Lao Dong reported, in mid-May 2025, many items of Ngu Phung Tower (Ngo Mon) were seriously degraded, the wooden pillars had black spots, faded color, and peeling paint.
Most of the ironwood components such as doors, ceilings, moldings, railings... down to the smallest details have faded and become patchy.
Discolored, peeling wooden items (taken in May 2025). Photo: Phuc Dat
During the restoration period from 2012 to 2019 (the most recent restoration), Ngo Mon was comprehensively restored, including many important items such as: Restoring the platform foundation and Ngu Phung tower (reinforcing the foundation, cleaning the platform body, repairing the railings, brick floors as well as repairing the arch system below the platform body).
At the same time, the roof decoration was restored and the building was treated for preservation and termite protection; all wooden structures of Ngu Phung building (two main floors and Ta and Huu Duc Lau) were painted with traditional painting techniques; the interior lighting and fire protection systems were installed with modern techniques.
At that time, the restoration of Ngo Mon was divided into two phases 2012 - 2015 and 2016 - 2019 with an investment capital of more than 80 billion VND. In which, phase 2, the project was invested with a budget of about 44 billion VND. However, after only 4 years of being put into operation, Ngu Phung tower has clearly "deteriorated".
Source: https://laodong.vn/van-hoa-giai-tri/chi-hon-400-trieu-dong-de-tu-bo-lau-ngu-phung-xuong-cap-1538865.ldo
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