Delegation of Nghe An province visits revolutionary relics in Ho Chi Minh City

The delegation included members of the Provincial Party Executive Committee: Thai Thi An Chung - Deputy Head of the National Assembly DelegationNghe An province; Nguyen Van Hai - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Committee.

Also attending were representatives of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Party Committee Office, representatives of the Provincial Military Command, the Provincial Police, the Department of Health, the Department of Education and Training, the Provincial Youth Union, the Provincial Women's Union, the Provincial Veterans Association, and veterans who were cadres and soldiers who directly contributed to the great victory in the Spring of 1975.

Participating in activities on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and the reunification of the country, the delegation visited the historical and cultural relic of the Independence Palace associated with the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Saigon city (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025).

At exactly 10:45 a.m. on April 30, 1975, tank number 843 of the Liberation Army, belonging to Company 4, Battalion 1, Tank Brigade 230, Corps 2, led the formation and crashed into the side gate of the Independence Palace. Next, tank number 390 crashed through the main gate and advanced straight into the palace. At 11:30 a.m. on the same day, Lieutenant Bui Quang Than - Company Commander of tank 843 raised the flag of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam on the roof of the palace, marking the complete victory of the resistance war against the US and the reunification of the country by the Vietnamese army and people.

From November 16 to 21, 1975, the Independence Palace was chosen as the venue for the Political Consultative Conference to unify the North and South into one Vietnam. Subsequently, conferences to unify mass organizations across the country were also held here. To commemorate these special political events, the Government decided to rename the Independence Palace the Reunification Hall.

On June 25, 1976, the Minister of Culture (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) signed Decision No. 77A/VH-QD, ranking the Independence Palace as a National Historical Relic.

On the same day, the delegation visited and recalled heroic historical memories at the Cu Chi Tunnels Historical Site - a place that marked the indomitable will of our army and people during 30 years of fighting against invaders to gain independence and freedom for the Fatherland.

With the slogan "not an inch gone, not a millimeter left," soldiers, militia, guerrillas, civil and party agencies, together with the people, dug tunnels, trenches, and fortifications day and night, regardless of bullets, bombs, rain or shine, actively building "communal fighting hamlets" and establishing an "American-killing belt" into a solid position to encircle, attack, wear down, and destroy the enemy.

With only rudimentary means and tools, the army and people of Cu Chi created a massive tunnel project with 250 km of underground tunnels, connecting communes and hamlets together.

Relying on the tunnel system, the army and people of Cu Chi steadfastly held their ground, fighting the enemy with all three prongs with the motto "grabbing the enemy's belt and fighting", implementing close combat with sniper, ambush, and raid tactics, maximizing the combined strength of people's war, neutralizing many of the most modern weapons, defeating the enemy's plot, contributing to the great victory of the Spring of 1975.