A family in Hanoi has proposed to sell their 3,000-square metre villa on Hoang Dieu Street to the government.

The villa on Hoang Dieu Street

Trinh Luong, the eldest son of Trinh Van Bo who donated 5,147 taels of gold to the revolutionary government during the Golden Week in 1945, has said that he wanted to sell their villa on 34 Hoang Dieu to the government.

The villa was built during French colonial period. Parts of the money will be donated to charity works and the rest will be divided among the family.

"After my mother died, my siblings appointed me to represent them to work with Hanoi authorities," Luong said.

He went on to say that both the location and architecture of the villa are suitable to be the headquarters of a state agency than a private residence. Five of Trinh Van Bo’s seven children agreed to sell the villa to the state. Trinh Can Chinh, Bo's youngest son, said he hadn't been informed about the decision.

"Since there are inheritance issues, the laws must be respected," Chinh said.

According to Luong, he had worked with Hanoi authorities. The city Department of Construction said there was enough legal grounds to start the transaction, however, it must be discussed more carefully with related state agencies.

In response to the Golden Week launched by the revolutionary government in 1945, the family of Trinh Van Bo who is a businessman donated up to 5,147 taels of gold (6,862 ounces) equivalent to 2 million Indochinese dong to the government as the government's treasury was exhausted at that time.

After the success of the August Revolution 1945, Bo’s house at 48 Hang Ngang Street was reserved as a work place for the revolutionary government where President Ho Chi Minh compiled the Declaration of Independence on the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945. His family late donated the house as a historical site.

Hoang Thi Minh Ho, Bo's wife, died at the villa on 34 Hoang Dieu Street on November 5 last year.

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