Nghe An Newspaper pays tribute to martyred journalists and former Editors-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper.

This is one of the meaningful activities to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day on June 21st (1925-2025), aiming to express gratitude to generations of journalists throughout history who have contributed to building the revolutionary press in general and the development of Nghe An Newspaper in particular.

During the brutal years of the resistance war against the US, amidst the rain of bombs and bullets, there were people who silently dedicated themselves, wielding their pens like guns, ready to sacrifice themselves for the revolutionary propaganda mission. The two journalists and martyrs, Dang Loan and Tran Van Thong, are such examples – soldiers on the information front of western Nghe An province.

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 served as the Secretary of the National Salvation Youth in Cat Van commune; a propaganda cadre in Thanh Chuong district during the power struggle; later, a propaganda and training cadre in Thanh Chuong district; and Head of the Propaganda and Training Department of Con Cuong district. Subsequently, he was assigned to the position of Head of the Propaganda and Training Department and Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper "Mien Tay" (Western Region), under the Western Region Department of Nghe An province.

From 1961 to 1965, journalist Dang Loan served as the Head of the Propaganda Department of the Nghe An Provincial Administrative Representative Office in the Western region and as the editor-in-chief of the Western Nghe An Newspaper (later merged into the Nghe An Newspaper). The fierce bombing on May 23, 1965, claimed the lives of journalist Dang Loan and a fellow journalist, Tran Van Thong.

In Thai Hoa town, the delegation visited and presented gifts to the 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 province). He joined the revolution at 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 participate in the Thai Hoa Resistance Self-Defense Team and then the main army 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 head the District Party Committee Office. After the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee established the Western Region Steering Committee, he was transferred to work at the Nghe An Western Region Newspaper (later merged into the Nghe An Newspaper).

On May 23, 1965, while working at the newspaper's headquarters, he and journalist Dang Loan were buried under American bombs and went missing. During his years working at the Western Region Newspaper, he proved to be an outstanding soldier on the ideological and cultural front of the Party. He was always proactive and dedicated to the journalistic cause of his province until his last moment.

On this occasion, the delegation also paid their respects to the late journalist Thai Ngo Duong - former Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper from 1991-1993 - in Do Luong district.