Exciting autumn this year in the midlands of Thanh Chuong

Revolutionary homeland

Thanh Chuong is an ancient land, which has existed for a long time; it was once called Ham Hoan, then Cuu Duc, then Tho Du. During the Le So Dynasty, when Dai Viet was peaceful and prosperous; in 1469, King Le Thanh Tong re-determined the map of the whole country, naming the district Thanh Chuong. The name Thanh Chuong has existed since that time.

Over hundreds of years of history, Thanh Chuong Land and People have made worthy contributions to the cause of protecting the Fatherland and reviving the country.

From the dawn of the Party, on May 1, 1930, workers from the Sawmills, the Truong Thi and Ben Thuy Match Factories, and farmers from villages in Vinh and Hung Nguyen organized a demonstration to celebrate International Labor Day, May 1, opening the revolutionary movement of 1930-1931 in Nghe Tinh as well as throughout the country.

Also on that historic morning of May 1, 3,000 Thanh Chuong farmers gathered at Hanh Lam communal house, Cat Ngan commune, held a rally and marched to Ky Vien plantation, demanding back the land and the only road to work that it had occupied. Ky Vien fled, and the people burned down his residence. Later, the road was widened and Ky Vien was forced to fulfill some more demands of the people.

At the same time, at the French-Vietnamese Primary School in Cho Ro (Thanh Chuong), 100 students organized a strike to protest against imperialist and feudal oppression.

On May 3, the French colonialists and their feudal lackeys sent the Petite guard and 60 soldiers to Hanh Lam to suppress the uprising. Under the leadership of the Party Cell and the Red Peasant Association, the people confronted them face to face, surrounded them in the Hanh Lam communal house, and fought with them for two days and nights. Finally, in order to flee, the Petite guard ordered the soldiers to open fire on the crowd, killing 18 people and injuring 20! But from then on, the fire of struggle in Thanh Chuong grew stronger and stronger.

The climax was on September 1, 1930, in Thanh Chuong.“A fierce demonstration, unprecedented in Annam. Under the leadership of the Party, with the protection of the "Red Self-Defense" force, 20,000 peasants rose up together, destroyed the feudal district office, and then established the first Soviet government in the country. Although the District Party Committee had no policy of seizing power, the feudal government collapsed. In 65 villages and communes, the Commune Farmers' Union (the core of which was the Party Cell and the Executive Committee of the Red Peasant Association) openly stood up to resolve all matters as a revolutionary government. They led the masses to implement the Party's policies and organize a new society in the style of the Soviet government in Russia, which they had learned through the Party's propaganda leaflets and books. Although the organization and activities were still immature, the people were extremely enthusiastic and excited, because it was the burning desire of the people to be masters of society.

History has recorded: “Compared to the whole province movement, the Soviets in Thanh Chuong were ahead in all three aspects: content of activities, form of struggle and duration of existence”. Despite their failure, the meaning of the Soviets was deeply ingrained in the working masses about “Government of the People, by the People, for the People”.

In order for the commemorative activities to go into depth, the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee and the District People's Committee had a policy more than a year ago. What the people highly agreed with was that the Party Committee and the District government had a policy of doing a good job of propaganda so that the people could grasp the nature and significance of historical events; foster pride in the traditions of their homeland and country; organize practical activities; pay attention to building technical infrastructure works that have a positive impact on promoting socio-economic development. Avoid ostentation, formality, waste, etc.

Practical and humane work

These days, Thanh Chuong is focusing on preparing to celebrate two important events of the district: Announcing the 555th anniversary of the name Thanh Chuong (1469-2024) and celebrating the 94th anniversary of the tradition of the Party Committee and People of the district (September 1, 1930 - September 1, 2024).

In the past time, the whole district has built 300 medium and small projects, mainly roads, repairing martyrs' cemeteries, public welfare projects,... with a total cost of more than 35 billion VND from contributions from people, children far from home, and local budget.

In May 2024, the District organized an online contest to learn about 555 Thanh Chuong names and the district's traditional days, with 4 sessions, each session lasting a week. The number of participants was "surprising", more than 1.7 million people - including many people far from home participating, the highest ever.

During the preparation for the celebration, upon learning of the passing of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the district leaders decided not to organize fireworks as planned and used the funds to build gratitude houses for some policy households, poor households and implement social security policies.

It is known that to organize the commemorative activities, with the motto of socialization, the district leaders called on the local businessmen to support the budget and other conditions. In addition to the budget for the commemorative activities, the businesses donated 6 billion VND to the district's social security fund to support housing and help families in difficult circumstances.

Being proud of and promoting the fine traditions of the homeland, organizing many rich, diverse and practical activities to celebrate, suitable to the local reality is the way of doing of the Party Committee and government in Thanh Chuong, which is highly agreed and supported by public opinion./.