Nghe An Newspaper pays tribute to martyr journalists, former Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper

This is one of the meaningful activities on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day June 21 (1925-2025), to express gratitude to generations of journalists through the periods who have contributed to building the revolutionary press career in general and the development of Nghe An Newspaper in particular.

During the fierce years of the resistance war against the US, amidst the rain of bombs and bullets, there were people who silently devoted themselves, holding pens like holding guns, ready to sacrifice for the mission of revolutionary propaganda. Two journalists and martyrs Dang Loan and Tran Van Thong are such examples - soldiers on the information front of the Western Nghe An region.

Journalist Dang Loan was born in 1917, in Lien Giap hamlet, Thanh Binh commune (now Phong Thinh commune), Thanh Chuong district. He was a cadre who was once the Secretary of the National Salvation Youth of Cat Van commune; a propaganda officer to seize power in Thanh Chuong district, later a propaganda officer of Thanh Chuong district, Head of the Propaganda Department of Con Cuong district. Later, he was promoted to Head of the Propaganda Department and Editor-in-Chief of the Western Region newspaper, under the Western Region C Nghe An Department.

From 1961 to 1965, journalist Dang Loan was the Head of the Propaganda Department of the Nghe An Provincial Administrative Representative Board in the West and the Editor-in-Chief of the Western Nghe An Newspaper (later merged into the Nghe An Newspaper). The fierce bombing on May 23, 1965 took the lives of journalist Dang Loan and a comrade, his teammate, journalist Tran Van Thong.

In Thai Hoa town, the delegation visited and presented gifts to relatives of journalist and martyr Tran Van Thong in Dong Tam 1 block, Hoa Hieu ward.

Journalist and martyr Tran Van Thong was born on March 14, 1924 in Cam Thanh commune, Cam Xuyen district (Ha Tinh). He joined the revolution from a young age and was admitted to the Indochinese Communist Party (later the Communist Party of Vietnam) at the age of 20. After the August Revolution, he continued to join the Thai Hoa Resistance Self-Defense Team and then the main force fighting in the battlefields of Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Ngai, and Quang Nam. In 1957, he returned to Nghia Dan and was assigned to be in charge of the District Party Committee Office. After the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee established the Western Steering Committee, he was transferred to work at the Western Nghe An Newspaper (later merged into the Nghe An Newspaper).

On May 23, 1965, while working at the newspaper headquarters, he and journalist Dang Loan were buried by American bombs and went missing. During his years working at the Western Newspaper, he proved to be an excellent soldier on the ideological and cultural front of the Party. He was always proactive and devoted himself until the last minute to the journalism career of his home province.

Also on this occasion, the delegation visited and burned incense to the late journalist Thai Ngo Duong - Former Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper from 1991-1993 in Do Luong district./.