To spread the name Truong Bon to domestic and international friends

Thanh Thuy• DNUM_ABZBBZCABI 11:20

(Baonghean) - Comrade Le Minh Thong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Organizing Committee of the 50th Anniversary of Truong Bon Victory, gave an interview to Nghe An Newspaper.

PV:2018 is the year the province organizes the 50th Anniversary of Truong Bon Victory - one of the historical sites that has become a symbol of patriotism of the Youth Volunteer Force. Could you please tell us about the purpose, significance and scale of the 50th Anniversary of Truong Bon Victory?
Comrade Le Minh Thong:It must be affirmed that the great significance of the Truong Bon Victory in the resistance war against the US to save the country is the dedication and sacrifice of the forces and people, especially the example of 13 Youth Volunteers of the Steel Squad, the Suicide Squad of Squad 2, Company 317 - Team 65 - General Youth Volunteers of Nghe An Province who heroically sacrificed while on duty and have gone down in national history as an immortal heroic epic.

Toàn cảnh Khu Di tích lịch sử Truông Bồn. Ảnh: Thành Cường

Panoramic view of Truong Bon Historical Relic Site. Photo: Thanh Cuong

To further spread that great meaning, the 50th Anniversary of Truong Bon Victory was determined by the Provincial People's Committee: The organization of the celebration must ensure safety, economy, thoughtfulness, and at the same time must be very solemn, leaving a good impression on delegates and people inside and outside the province as well as international friends. Therefore, this occasion will have many rich activities such as: Deploying the campaign to compose songs about Truong Bon. The Organizing Committee has begun receiving entries from October 9, 2018 to July 30, 2019 and will organize a summary and award ceremony associated with the 51st Anniversary of Truong Bon Victory.

Activities: 50th death anniversary of 13 youth volunteer martyrs; visiting and presenting gifts to witnesses and families of youth volunteer martyrs; youth camp and exhibition of products of youth volunteer soldiers, union members and youth participating in economic and social development; implementation of the project "Youth Garden"; Workshop "Truong Bon - Historical value, preservation and promotion"... to demonstrate the nation's morality of "When drinking water, remember its source", to show gratitude to heroes, martyrs and those who contributed to the revolution; contributing to strengthening education on revolutionary traditions and responsibilities of generations, especially the young generation towards the homeland and country.
In particular, on the evening of November 1, 2018, at Truong Bon Historical Relic Site, a special art program will take place to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Truong Bon Victory with the theme "Truong Bon - Legendary Land". This is the third year Nghe An province has coordinated with Nhan Dan Newspaper to organize this program. The program will last for 90 minutes, broadcast live on VTV1 of Vietnam Television, Nhan Dan Television, Nghe An Radio and Television, and rebroadcast on a number of local television stations nationwide.

bna_Ngày nay, sau 50 năm, Truông Bồn đã trở lại cuộc sống thanh bình. Rừng đã phủ xanh ngút các ngọn đồi. Tượng đài chiến thắng và bia tưởng niệm các liệt sĩ đã được xây dựng khang trang. Ảnh: Thành Cường

Today, after 50 years, Truong Bon has returned to a peaceful life. The forest has covered the hills with green. The victory monument and the memorial stele for martyrs have been built. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The program is directed by Nhan Dan Newspaper, Nghe An province, directed by People's Artist Tran Binh; Vietnam Contemporary Arts Theater; Nghe An Ethnic Song and Dance Troupe with many famous male and female artists from all over the country participating. The content includes: 30-minute ceremony and art program, 60 minutes long, including 4 chapters: Chapter I: Beloved homeland; Chapter II: Truong Bon - Fire and flower road; Chapter III: Memorial song and Chapter IV: Nghe An new day.

PV:50 years have passed, Truong Bon has now become a historical relic site of great scale. This is a project invested, donated, supported by the Provincial People's Committee, the Ministry of Transport, the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and many agencies, units, collectives and individuals at home and abroad, with the hope that the relic site will become a red address in educating patriotic traditions for today's and future generations. Could you tell us about the specific results up to this point?
Comrade Le Minh Thong:That's right. With the attention of the Party and the State, aiming to build Truong Bon into a "Red Address" to educate revolutionary traditions for today's and tomorrow's young generation, on April 19, 2010, Nghe An Provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 1591/QD.UBND-CNXD approving the Investment Project to build the project: Preservation and restoration of Truong Bon Historical Relic Site.

Truông Bồn trở thành “Địa chỉ đỏ” giáo dục truyền thống cách mạng cho thế hệ trẻ hôm nay và mai sau. Ảnh: Đức Anh

Truong Bon has become a “Red Address” for educating revolutionary traditions for today’s and tomorrow’s young generation. Photo: Duc Anh

Truong Bon has now become a historical relic site with an area of 217,327m2 with 21 main items such as the tomb and tomb cover of 13 heroic martyrs of the youth volunteer force; the memorial house of 1,240 heroic martyrs; the right house; the left house; the memorial area; the festival yard; the traditional exhibition house; the landscape lake; the management and reception house; the souvenir shop; the parking lot; the internal road; the walking path system; the lighting system; the green tree system, various ornamental plants...

Up to this point, the project items have been completed, and Truong Bon Historical Site has welcomed thousands of visitors each year. Many schools in the province have chosen Truong Bon to organize new student union admission ceremonies. Many young people have also come to Truong Bon to offer incense and flowers before their wedding ceremonies...
PV:To further spread the great significance of Truong Bon Victory and Truong Bon Historical Site to domestic and international friends, what further activities will Nghe An province have in the coming time, comrade?
Comrade Le Minh Thong:In the coming time, Nghe An will continue to widely propagate to cadres, party members and people of all walks of life the great significance of the Truong Bon Victory in the resistance war against the US to save the country and the dedication and sacrifice of the youth volunteer forces of the Steel Squad, the Suicide Squad of Company 317 - Team 65 - General Youth Union against the US to save the country of Nghe An province who heroically sacrificed while on duty. At the same time, promote propaganda on mass media about the cultural and historical values of the Truong Bon historical relic site and the cultural traditions and people of Nghe An to the whole country and international friends.

Mỗi ngày, có hàng trăm lượt khách về dâng hương, dâng hoa tại Khu Di tích lịch sử Truông Bồn. Ảnh: Huy Thư

Every day, hundreds of visitors come to offer incense and flowers at Truong Bon Historical Relic Site. Photo: Huy Thu

To facilitate visitors, for many years now, the Truong Bon Historical Site Management Board has operated the website truongbon.vn, updating and posting all information and images of Truong Bon past and present; at the same time, announcing the "hotline" phone numbers for the convenience of groups of visitors from far away to contact. The 24/24h duty mode is maintained regularly, ensuring that at any time visitors arrive, there are staff to welcome them.

At the same time, it is to promote the connection of Truong Bon historical relic site with cultural and spiritual tourist destinations in the province and outside the province according to intra-provincial tours and pilgrimage tours in the Central region such as Kim Lien - Nam Dan relic site, Le Hong Phong relic site (Hung Nguyen), Vietnam - Laos martyrs cemetery; Dong Loc crossroads, Tomb of General Vo Nguyen Giap (Vung Chua - Yen Island)...
PV:Thank you for this exchange!

1.50 years ago, in the early morning of October 31, 1968, just 8 hours before the US was forced to declare a halt to bombing the North, 13/14 Youth Volunteers fell while on duty to fill bomb craters after a fierce bombing raid on Truong Bon. The sacrifice of the 13 Truong Bon Youth Volunteers is a typical representative of hundreds of thousands of Youth Volunteers nationwide who devoted their youth to the country, contributing to the overall victory of the nation.

2.40 years after the war, on September 23, 2008, the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam issued Decision No. 1304/QD-CTN conferring the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces to the Collective of 14 Truong Bon Youth Volunteers of Company 317, Team 65, General Youth Volunteers against the US to save the country, Nghe An province - of which, 11 female soldiers and 02 male soldiers heroically sacrificed.