The climax of the Nghe Tinh Soviet movement

The Party Central Committee launched a movement to celebrate International Labor Day for the first time in Vietnam. The Central Party Committee and the provincial Party Committees of Nghe An and Ha Tinh actively prepared to implement that policy from mid-April 1930.

On May 1, 1930, more than 1,200 farmers from Duc Hau, An Hau, Song Loc (Nghi Loc), Yen Dung, Loc Da, Duc Thinh (Hung Nguyen) villages moved into the city to combine withVinh - Ben Thanh workersThe committee demanded that the French colonialists fulfill demands such as: increasing wages, reducing taxes, 8-hour working days, supporting the struggle of workers at the Nam Dinh Textile Factory, supporting the Soviet Union...

Faced with the strong struggle movement of the workers and peasants in Nghe An, the French colonialists organized repression, shooting at the protesters, killing 7 people, injuring 18 people and arresting more than 100 people.

On the same day, in Hanh Lam commune (Thanh Chuong), a protest broke out by 3,000 farmers from La Mac, Hanh Lam, and Duc Nhuan villages to fight against the destruction of Ky Vien plantation and confiscation of land to distribute to farmers. Students of the French-Vietnamese Thanh Chuong Primary School held a rally to celebrate International Labor Day, marching through the district town shouting slogans of struggle.

In Ha Tinh, the Provincial Party Committee also launched a large-scale struggle movement throughout the province:

On August 1, 1930, more than 500Can Loc farmers protestdragged into the district office to make demands.

Farmers from Nghi Xuan, Huong Khe, Duc Tho and Ky Anh districts gathered to rally and march through villages.

More than 3,000Nam Dan district farmersmarched to the district office to destroy the prison, free the prisoners, burn documents and books, and forced the district chief Le Khac Tuong to sign the people's petition.

The struggle movement in the two provinces was gradually launched and spread. In particular, on September 1, 1930, on20,000 farmers in 5 communes (Thanh Chuong district)Demonstrators marched to the district capital, broke into the prison, released prisoners, and burned down the entire district office. Then, they went to the villages to punish the reactionary village chiefs and took control of the villages and communes.

This demonstration is considered the starting point marking the birth of the Soviet government in Nghe Tinh. Following that, waves of mass demonstrations surrounding the district office continuously broke out. The Nghe Tinh worker-peasant movement developed to its peak.

On September 7 and 8, 1930, people of Can Loc, Thach Ha,Cam XuyenDemonstrators marched to Cam Xuyen district headquarters. People of Anh Son, Ky Anh, and Nghi Loc districts won consecutive victories on September 9 and 10, 1930.

Especiallydemonstration of 12/9/1930, about 8,000 farmers from Hung Nguyen and Nam Dan districts: Under the leadership of Hung Nguyen District Party Committee, the protesters marched to Yen Xuan Station, destroyed the telegraph line, arrested the stationmaster; then, advanced to Hung Nguyen district capital. The French colonialists sent planes to bomb and shoot at the protesters, killing 217 people and injuring 125.

Frommid-September 1930, rallies were held throughout the two provinces to commemorate those who died in Thai Lao. Farmers in Dien Chau, Yen Thanh, Quynh Luu (Nghe An), and Huong Son (Ha Tinh) districts fought to destroy the district capital and French plantations.

Workers in Vinh - Ben Thuy went on strike for two consecutive months to support the peasant movement. Notably, on the occasion of the 13th anniversary of the Russian October Revolution (November 7, 1930), more than 1,000 farmers in Yen Thanh district and nearly 2,000 farmers in Dien Chau district organized a demonstration to demonstrate the spirit of the International Proletariat.

In the mountainous districts, in early 1931, the Central Region Party Committee sent comrade Le Xuan Dao to Mon Son commune (Con Cuong) to build a revolutionary base:Mon Son Party Cellwas established in April 1931, and on August 9, 1931, the Party cell led 300 farmers of various ethnic groups in the region to fight against landlords, confiscating rice, money, and silver bars to distribute to poor families.