On January 13, the delegation of Nghe An Newspaper led by comrade Pham Thi Hong Toan - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper, offered incense and flowers to commemorate the heroic martyrs at Hang Duong Cemetery - Con Dao.
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| Hang Duong Cemetery (Con Dao District, Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province) is the resting place of more than 20,000 revolutionary soldiers; among them, there are many outstanding comrades such as: General Secretary Le Hong Phong, Hero Cao Van Ngoc, Heroine Vo Thi Sau... |
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Hang Duong Cemetery is currently being renovated and upgraded to be more spacious and welcoming visitors day and night. In the photo: Nghe An Newspaper delegation offering incense and flowers at Hang Duong Cemetery Memorial on the night of January 13.
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The cemetery is divided into 4 areas A, B, C, D. Area A includes 688 graves (including 7 mass graves), of which 91 graves have names and 597 graves have unknown names and hometowns. |
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Offering incense to the heroic martyrs, the delegation expressed their gratitude for the great contributions of the heroic martyrs who shed blood for the independence and freedom of the nation, for the integrity of the country. The delegation promised to continue to make efforts in their work to always complete their tasks well with the Nghe An Newspaper, to be worthy of being a leading flag on the ideological front. |
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| The delegation of Nghe An Newspaper visited the tomb of Patriot Nguyen An Ninh (1900 - 1943). He was a writer, journalist, religious researcher and revolutionary in the early 20th century. He was born in his mother's hometown in Long Thuong commune, Can Giuoc district, Cho Lon province (now Long An province). His father was Nguyen An Khuong, from Quan Tre, Hoc Mon district (now Ho Chi Minh City) - a patriotic writer, proficient in Chinese studies and the national language. |
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| The tomb of comrade Le Hong Phong is located in area A of Hang Duong cemetery. Comrade Le Hong Phong's real name is Le Huy Doan, born in 1902 in Thong Lang commune (now Hung Thong commune), Hung Nguyen district, Nghe An, in a farmer's family. An excellent student of President Ho Chi Minh, a typical communist soldier, he was the General Secretary of the Indochinese Communist Party from 1935 to 1936. On June 22, 1939, he was arrested by French secret police for the first time in Saigon and sentenced to 6 months in prison and deported to Nghe An. On February 6, 1940, he was arrested for the second time, sentenced to 5 years in prison and exiled to Saigon and Con Dao prisons. On September 6, 1942, he died while in prison in Con Dao on his 40th birthday. |
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| Hang Duong Cemetery at night is magically sparkling with many candles and electric lighting systems throughout the graves. |
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| Area B of Hang Duong cemetery includes 695 graves (including 17 mass graves), of which 276 have names and 419 have unknown names and hometowns. Most of the graves are from 1945 to 1960. In addition to the grave of Heroine Vo Thi Sau, there is also the grave of Hero Cao Van Ngoc. Photo: Document. |
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| Delegates of Nghe An Newspaper respectfully offered incense to the graves of heroic martyrs. In the deepest thoughts of each person is gratitude to those who heroically died so that the people can have a peaceful life. |
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| The delegation offered incense at the tomb of female hero martyr Vo Thi Sau. |
