Kick off construction for Con Dao Museum

On 06 December, a construction kick-off ceremony of Con Dao museum took place in Con Dao. Attending were Mr. Nguyen Tuan Minh, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People’s Council; Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Mr Tran Minh Sanh.
The Con Dao museum project belongs to the Con Dao district’s historic monument implemented by Petroleum Pipe & Tank Construction Co.,Ltd (PVC-PT) and Petroleum Industrial & Civil Construction Co., Ltd (PVC-IC). The project has total investment of more than VND65.8 billion, including construction and installation cost of VND 36.4 billion and the exhibition cost of VND18 billion.
The Con Dao museum is built on the 20.940m2 area in Ton Duc Thang Street, the Northeast is adjacent to the Phu Tuong prison, the Southeast is adjacent to Nguyen Van Cu street. The Con Dao museum consists of gallery; objects storage and data restoration storage; meeting- hall; work station and other ancillary works. In which, the gallery occupies 1.700m2, including one space for festivals and one display with four themes: Con Dao - the country and people; Con Dao – hell on earth; Con Dao – school and fight for revolution; Con Dao today. The outdoor display includes materials, objects, models with large cubic volume of the theme "Con Dao in the past and present”.
It is expected that the Con Dao museum project will be completed by the fourth quarter of 2010.