The VND6.50 billion monument covers 1.80 hectares in Phong Xuan Commune and was funded through the provincial budget.
According to local authorities, the deaths of 13 military rescue team members showed their determination and dedication to protect people in need. The monument will be a place for people to commemorate the dead. It will also help educate younger generations of the military and local people.
The 13 were part of a 21-member rescue team that was sent to verify reports of 17 workers buried by a landslide near the Rao Trang 3 Hydropower Plant deep in the jungle in Phong Dien District on October 13, 2020.
The 13, including Nguyen Van Man, Deputy Commander of the Vietnam People's Army Military Region 4, and several soldiers and officials, were buried by another landslide that struck at midnight that day while they were resting at a forest rangers station. Eight others managed to escape.
Among the 17 buried workers, six bodies were found while 11 others remain missing.
