Traditional revolutionary meeting of Saigon - Cho Lon - Gia Dinh

Saigon - Cho Lon - Gia Dinh is the place that always "goes first, comes last" in the two long resistance wars of the nation.

On the morning of February 14, at Gia Dinh Temple, Cu Chi District, the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee organized a traditional revolutionary meeting of Saigon - Cho Lon - Gia Dinh. Attending the meeting were former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, former Vice President Truong My Hoa and veteran revolutionaries, heroic Vietnamese mothers.

Before the meeting, the delegation offered incense at Ben Duoc Temple to commemorate the heroic martyrs, comrades and compatriots who sacrificed for the cause of national liberation.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Le Thanh Hai and delegates attending the meeting. (Photo: Cao Thang-SGGP)

At the meeting, the delegates reviewed the glorious revolutionary tradition of Saigon - Cho Lon - Gia Dinh. Here, the US puppets used their lair to confront us to the death, the battlefield was extremely fierce. Saigon - Cho Lon - Gia Dinh was the place that always "went first, came last" in the two long resistance wars of the nation. Right here, in the middle of the urban battlefield, our army and people faced and adapted to all harsh and dangerous circumstances, even though they were facing the enemy's guns, but were determined to "not move an inch, not leave a millimeter". This place has produced many outstanding children who made Cu Chi "The Land of Steel and Bronze".

Saigon - Cho Lon - Gia Dinh was also the strategic battle point of the historic Ho Chi Minh campaign. Here, our army and people organized hundreds of strategic, creative and daring battles against the enemy's lair, contributing to the great victory in the spring of 1975, liberating the South and unifying the country.

Mr. Nguyen Van Dua, Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, emphasized: The silent merits and great sacrifices of the soldiers and people of Saigon-Gia Dinh have greatly contributed to the victory of our nation. The Party Committee and the government of Ho Chi Minh City are always proud of the revolutionary tradition of Saigon-Cho Lon-Gia Dinh. Currently, Ho Chi Minh City, along with the whole country, is striving to build an increasingly developed, civilized, modern and affectionate city, together with the whole country, to build socialism...

Promoting the revolutionary tradition of the heroic land of Cu Chi, Ms. Phan Thi Thanh Thuy - Secretary of the Youth Union of Cu Chi District Radio Station said: To continue the revolutionary tradition of our ancestors, we strive to study, practice professionally and politically to have many practical works to contribute to the construction of our homeland.../.

According to (vov.vn) - LT