Con Cuong celebrates the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Mon Son Party Cell

(Baonghean) -Recently, in Mon Son commune, Con Cuong district (Nghe An), a ceremony was held to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the establishment of Mon Son Party Cell, the first Party Cell in the southwestern region of Nghe An.

The celebration was organized in two main parts: the ceremony and the festival. The ceremony opened with the incense offering and flower offering ceremony to commemorate the martyrs and revolutionary veterans at the house of comrade Vi Van Khang, the first Party cell secretary, and at the martyrs' memorial of Mon Son commune.

After the incense offering ceremony, there was a rally at Mon Son commune stadium with the participation of representatives of western districts, officers and soldiers of Border Guard Station 555, provincial departments, branches and sectors, and thousands of people in the commune and neighboring communes in the district.

Delegates attending the ceremony


A large number of officials and people attended.

Reading the opening speech, comrade Vi Xuan Giap, Secretary of the District Party Committee, reviewed the heroic tradition and glorious history of the Mon Son Commune Party Committee: In early 1931, comrades Le Xuan Dao and Le Manh Duyet, cadres of the Central Region Party Committee, were sent to Mon Son to build a revolutionary base and expand the area of ​​operation. In April 1931, the Mon Son Party Cell was officially established with 5 party members, with comrade Vi Van Khang as secretary and party members: Le Manh Duyet, Vi Van Hanh, Vi Van Qui, Tran Ngan. From here, under the leadership of the Mon Son Party Cell, mass organizations were born: 12 red peasant groups with 65 members; 3 red self-defense teams with 20 members. The birth of the Mon Son Party cell marked a new development step of the revolutionary movement among ethnic minorities at that time... Even though it was brutally suppressed by the French colonialists, the movement continued to develop. The Mon Son Party cell was the core leader of the people of western Nghe An to seize power and return it to the people.

After the solemn ceremony, the festival was organized with many practical, rich and exciting activities such as: singing folk songs, performances of traditional musical instruments clubs, folk games, traditional sports, festival beauty costume contest, exhibition of revolutionary history photos of Nghe An Museum, historical film screening. In particular, the ethnic culinary contest had the participation of 21 villages in Mon Son commune with typical dishes of the Thai people, creatively prepared and beautifully presented, attracting a large number of viewers.

The historic banyan tree in Mon Son has been ranked as a relic.


Welcome performance


Traditional dishes of Thai people participate in the culinary contest

The anniversary of the founding of the Mon Son Party cell has become an annual traditional festival of the people of Mon Son commune.

Sy Minh