The request to stop the construction of the ‘Goddess of freedom’ statue was controversial in Sa Pa

The bust image of the Statue of Liberty simulated by a real American statue appearing in Sa Pa (Lao Cai) is controversial.
On April 21, Mr. Vuong Trinh Quoc, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Sa Pa town, Lao Cai province, said that this district has inspected a private tourist destination in the area to build a check-in area with many sessions. Famous versions, including the “Statue of Liberty” from the United States and are being halted because this location has not completed the profile according to regulations.

The controversial version of the Statue of Liberty appeared in Sa Pa Before that, on social networks these days shared dizzying images “Goddess of Liberty” statue Vietnamese version, defective version … is located in a self-opening tourist resort of people in Sa Pa town, Lao Cai province. There are many mixed opinions, many people think that this statue looks very funny, lacking aesthetic … Shortly thereafter, the People’s Committee of Sa Pa town established an inspection team and determined that the investor of the above check-in area belonged to AnSaPa Co., Ltd. in group 4, Phan Si Pang ward. The check-in area has an area of ​​1.7 hectares (of which 300 m2 is residential land, the rest is production forest). Here, the investor has been building a lot of work items to serve tourists. Notably, there is a bust of “The Statue of Liberty” (size 7 mx 9 m), model of Eiffel Tower (9 m high), picture of 4 US presidents (Mount Rushmore version), tissue leaning tower of Pisa (8 m high), symbolic inscription “Hollywood”, model of two hands under construction (2 m high) … In addition to the “Goddess of freedom” statue here, there is also a version of Mount Rushmore engraved with the image of four US presidents After checking the documents, the authorities determined that the AnSaPa check-in point was spontaneous, many items were incomplete, and the conditions were not met to welcome tourists to visit and take pictures. The art models built in the check-in area do not meet the law as well as art standards. Since then, the People’s Committee of Sa Pa town requires the owner of the establishment to pause the construction of items and not welcome visitors, take photos until an official decision is made by the authorities. The inspection team also requested to handle this tourist spot in accordance with the law.