Nghe An provincial leaders attend the memorial service for Mr. Nguyen Sinh Sac in Dong Thap

Also attending were comrade Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province; representatives of the Department of Culture and Sports, Kim Lien National Special Relic Site.

Delegation of Nghe An province offered incense at the tomb of Vice President Nguyen Sinh Sac.

At the ceremony, provincial leaders offered incense to commemorate Vice President Nguyen Sinh Sac, expressing their deep respect for the life and patriotism of President Ho Chi Minh's father.

Vice-Chancellor Nguyen Sinh Sac was born in 1862 in Sen Village, Chung Cu Commune, Lam Thinh Commune, Nam Duong District, Nghe An Province (now Sen 3 Hamlet, Kim Lien Commune, Nam Dan District, Nghe An Province). His father was Nguyen Sinh Nham, a gentle, simple, hard-working farmer, and his mother was Ha Thi Hy, a capable and talented woman.

At the age of 3, Nguyen Sinh Sac lost his father, at the age of 4 he lost his mother and was raised by his older half-brother Nguyen Sinh Tro. Growing up, Nguyen Sinh Sac had to work to help his siblings and did not have the conditions to go to school.

Sympathizing with Nguyen Sinh Sac's difficult circumstances, teacher Hoang Xuan Duong in Hoang Tru Village, Kim Lien Commune took Sac in and raised him, giving him food and education. After a period of studying and making progress, Nguyen Sinh Sac was increasingly "loved by everyone for his virtue and respected for his talent", and teacher Hoang Xuan Duong married his first daughter, Hoang Thi Loan.

Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy and members of the delegation visited the exhibition "From Sen Village to Hoa An, Cao Lanh".

After more than 20 years of "studying hard", Nguyen Sinh Sac passed the royal examination in the year of Tan Suu (1901) and passed the Pho Bang exam. In May 1906, he was appointed by the Hue court as Thua Bien of the Ministry of Rites, became an official in Hue and was later appointed as the District Chief of Binh Khe, Binh Dinh province.

During his time as the district chief of Binh Khe, District Chief Nguyen Sinh Sac many times ruled in favor of poor people who opposed the French consul in Binh Dinh, so he was dismissed from his position and forced to settle permanently in Cochinchina.

In 1927, Mr. Pho Bang Nguyen Sinh Sac lived in Cao Lanh, Dong Thap, made a living by dispensing medicine and regularly contacted patriotic scholars who were "deported" by the French colonialists in neighboring localities such as: Duong Ba Trac in Long Xuyen, Vo Hoang in Sa Dec, Nguyen Quyen in Ben Tre, Truong Gia Mo in Rach Gia.

Due to old age and serious illness, November 27, 1929, the 27th day of the 10th month of the year Ky Ty,Mr. Pho Bang Nguyen Sinh Sac breathed his last in Hoa An village, Cao Lanh town, Dong Thap province. With love and respect, the local people contributed money to buy land to bury his body near Troi Sanh Temple, next to Hoa Long Pagoda - Cao Lanh, Dong Thap province. At that time, Mr. Nguyen Sinh Sac's third son, Nguyen Ai Quoc (later President Ho Chi Minh) was wandering overseas to find a way to save the country and save the people...

Nguyen Sinh Sac relic site, Cao Lanh town, Dong Thap province. Photo: baotanghochiminh.vn

During the two resistance wars against French colonialism and American imperialism, the people of Dong Thap fought steadfastly to preserve and protect the tomb. After the country was unified, on August 22, 1975, the people of Dong Thap province organized the construction of his tomb into the Memorial Area of ​​Vice-Chancellor Nguyen Sinh Sac to express their respect and gratitude to the father of President Ho Chi Minh.

On the occasion of the 90th death anniversary of Vice-Chancellor Nguyen Sinh Sac, Kim Lien Relic Site has built an exhibition "From Sen Village to Hoa An, Cao Lanh" to display at Nguyen Sinh Sac Relic Site, Dong Thap.

*That same morning,in Kim Lien commune, Nam Dan, Nghe An province,The Department of Culture - Sports, Kim Lien National Special Relic Site in coordination with Nam Dan district and the two Nguyen Sinh and Hoang Xuan families organized the 90th anniversary of the death of Vice-Chancellor Nguyen Sinh Sac according to the traditional rituals of the nation. Also attending were representatives of the leadership of the Command to protect President Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum.