Thousands of audiences were moved by 'Truong Son - The Legendary Road'
(Baonghean.vn) - Thousands of spectators were moved when enjoying the Mobile Propaganda Festival with the theme "Truong Son - The Legendary Road" held at Km 0, Tan Ky district.
Towards the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and the tradition of Truong Son Troops (May 19, 1959 - May 19, 2019), on the evening of May 11, at the special national relic Km 0, Lat town, Tan Ky district, Nghe An province, in coordination with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, organized a mobile propaganda festival with the theme "Truong Son - The legendary road".
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Attending the program, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, there was Mr. Vi Thanh Hoai - Deputy Director of the Department of Grassroots Culture. On behalf of Nghe An province, there was Mr. Ho Mau Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Culture and Sports; Bui Thanh Bao - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Tan Ky district and a large number of officials and people of Tan Ky district. Photo: Ho Phuong |
The festival program aims to arouse revolutionary heroism, the spirit of great solidarity and national pride; contributing to consolidating and fostering people's confidence in the cause of national construction and defense, innovation and international integration under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
This is also an activity to praise the tradition of patriotism, national pride, self-reliance, and overcoming challenges of our army and people to create the legendary Truong Son - Ho Chi Minh trail.
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Performance by the Mobile Propaganda Team of Tuyen Quang province. Photo: Ho Phuong |
The Mobile Propaganda Festival at Km 0, Tan Ky district had the participation of 6 Mobile Propaganda Teams from provinces and cities including Binh Dinh, Thanh Hoa, Tuyen Quang, Cao Bang, Vinh Phuc and Hai Phong.
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Performance by the Thanh Hoa Province Mobile Propaganda Team. Photo: Ho Phuong |
Thousands of audiences were moved when enjoying the performances recreating the arduous, dangerous, fierce but also extremely heroic, magnanimous and glorious scenes of soldiers on duty on the strategic Truong Son route, contributing to writing the legend of the road named after Uncle Ho.
At the same time, we admire the spirit, fighting will and determination of our army and people to defeat the US imperialists and liberate the country under the leadership of the Party and Uncle Ho. From there, we continue to build and strengthen our belief in a bright future.
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Thousands of audiences were moved when enjoying the program. Photo: Ho Phuong |
On May 19, 1959, Uncle Ho decided to establish a strategic transport route to support the South and friendly countries - which later became the Ho Chi Minh trail. The starting point at Lat town (Tan Ky, Nghe An) was marked by milestone number 0.
At the same time, in Hoa Hieu ward (Thai Hoa town), the Mobile Propaganda Team from the provinces of Ha Tinh, Yen Bai, Hung Yen, Bac Giang and Lang Son also performed a performance program to serve the local people.
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Special National Monument Km 0, Lat town (Tan Ky)Located in the middle of Lat town, right next to the legendary Ho Chi Minh road. On November 27, 1972, officers and soldiers of Group 559 started construction of the Eastern Truong Son road connecting to Loc Ninh, which was the lifeline of logistics supply, contributing to the historic victory of the great Ho Chi Minh campaign for the army and people of the whole country, completely liberating the South and unifying the country. Photo: Google Map |