Nghe An - A journey of nearly a century under the leadership of the Party

From Phuc Viet Party to Indochina Communist Federation

On July 14, 1925, at Con Meo Mountain (Ben Thuy), the Phuc Viet Association was established with key members: Le Van Huan, Tran Phu, Tran Dinh Thanh, Ton Quang Phiet, Ngo Duc Dien. After a short period of active activities, the Phuc Viet Association changed its name to the Hung Nam Association, and sent people to Guangzhou to contact the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association (Thanh Nien).

To prepare for the merger with Thanh Nien, the Hung Nam Association changed its name to Vietnam Revolutionary Party and then to Vietnam Revolutionary Comrades Association. The merger with Thanh Nien failed, so on July 14, 1928, the association held a congress, changed its name to Tan Viet Revolutionary Party, elected Mr. Dao Duy Anh as Secretary, and advocated following Thanh Nien's political line. Many Tan Viet members attended training classes of patriot Nguyen Ai Quoc in Guangzhou.

From February 3 to 7, 1930, in Kowloon (Hong Kong, China), under the chairmanship of comrade Nguyen Ai Quoc, the conference merged three communist organizations in Vietnam, namely the Indochinese Communist Party, the Annam Communist Party, and the Indochinese Communist Federation, into a single party, the Communist Party of Vietnam. Illustration

In 1929, the Youth Provincial Committee in Nghe An was established. In June 1929, the Indochinese Communist Party was born in Bac Ky. On January 1, 1930, in Do Trai (Duc Tho), Tan Viet party members who were loyal to communist ideology established the Indochinese Communist Federation. On February 3, 1930, under the chairmanship of leader Nguyen Ai Quoc,Communist Party of Vietnamwas established. The Party's grassroots organizations were also officially formed in Nghe An after March 1930 such as: Central Region Party Committee, Vinh Provisional Provincial Committee and Nghe An Provisional Provincial Committee...

On the journey to liberate and protect the country

Under the leadership of the Party, the Party Committee and people of Nghe An quickly participated in and took the lead in the struggle to liberate and protect the national independence of the whole country.

As soon as it was established, Nghe An Party Committee together with Ha Tinh Party Committee organized and led the revolutionary struggle movement of 1930 - 1931 with its peak.Nghe Tinh Soviet, dealt a heavy blow to the French colonial regime and its puppet government. The Nghe Tinh Soviet was not successful, but the Party and revolutionary forces learned many valuable lessons.

In July 1936, the Indochinese Democratic United Front was established. In Nghe An, unions were established in Vinh - Ben Thuy; guilds were also established in rural areas and quickly organized struggles in many diverse forms such as opposing the "Person Tax Project"; the movement to spread the National Language; the Indochina Congress movement demanding freedom and democracy; organizing strikes, demonstrations... Through the popular movement (1936 - 1939), the Party and revolutionary forces matured a step forward to enter the stage of campaigning to seize power.

Vo Liet Communal House in Vo Liet Commune (Thanh Chuong) is also the place that marked many typical historical events in the Nghe-Tinh Soviet Movement (1930-1931). In 1940, Vo Liet Communal House witnessed the restoration of the Vo Liet Party Cell. In 1945, this was one of the gathering points for the masses to fight for power and the workplace of the revolutionary government. Photo: Huy Thu

Along with the Bac Son and Nam Ky uprisings, in January 1941, in Nghe An, the Do Luong mutiny and uprisings at Song Con and Huong Son plantations, and protests in Hung Nguyen and Truong Thi "raised the national spirit and scared the enemy" (Liberation Flag Newspaper, 1942).

On March 9, 1945, Japan staged a coup against France. On May 19, 1945, the Viet Minh inter-provincial Nghe An - Ha Tinh was established, headed by Mr. Nguyen Xuan Linh, and quickly organized a struggle movement according to the Central Party's policies and strategies. On August 8, 1945, the Viet Minh inter-provincial congress was held to discuss an uprising to seize power. On August 16, 1945, Thanh Thuy commune (Nam Dan) was the first locality to seize power, followed by Quynh Luu, Hung Nguyen, Dien Chau, etc. On August 21, 1945,Vinh - Ben Thuy uprisingvictory. On August 24, 1945, the Provisional People's Revolutionary Committee of Nghe An province was established, with Mr. Le Viet Luong as Chairman.

Together with the whole country, we defeated two great empires.

The newly established revolutionary government had to face many difficulties and challenges. Famine continued to rage; Agriculture was in ruins; Industry stagnated. The Chinese - Chiang army replaced the Japanese and acted in a tyrannical manner. To deal with famine, illiteracy and foreign invaders, Nghe An called for a movement to increase production, restore industry, handicrafts, and transportation. Organized a popular education movement, built a new cultural life, restored schools, hospitals...; built the main armed forces and militia...

During the resistance war against French colonialism,Nghe An is a great rearproviding a lot of human and material resources for the resistance war, worthy of the comment of the late General Secretary Le Duan: "Without Thanh - Nghe - Tinh, there would be no Dien Bien Phu".

Unit 208 participated in the battle on August 5, 1964 in Vinh City, and was the unit that shot down the 100th aircraft of the US empire; Dien Hung Commune Militia (Dien Chau District) used infantry guns to shoot down an American jet; Military transport convoy crossed Cau Cam pontoon bridge during the Quang Trung transport campaign (1967); Truong Bon Youth Volunteers filled bomb craters. Photo: Archive

During the two destructive wars of the US imperialists in the North (1965 - 1968 and 1972), Nghe An was amost fiercely attacked areaof the US Air Force and Navy. Nghe An has steadfastly defeated the enemy's war tactics, shot down 533 planes, sank 36 warships and commando boats, and participated in hundreds of battles on the Laotian battlefield. On the other hand, it continuously maintained the vital traffic lines to support the southern battlefields, contributing human and material resources to the battlefields in the spirit of "not a pound of rice is missing, not a soldier is missing".

To achieve the feats in the two wars, right from the establishment of the revolutionary government, Nghe An focused on building a strong Party organization and government as the core to stabilize and develop society in all fields. Extreme mistakes in land reform were also soon corrected and resolved to build a great solidarity bloc.

On the way to build the homeland

Nghe An's socio-economic development journey was interrupted by wars that lasted more than 30 years (including the Southwest and Northern Border wars). From 1975 to 1985, Nghe An's socio-economic development struggled due to limited resources and outdated management mechanisms. Since 1986, with the renovation policy, along with the whole country, Nghe An has strived to overcome difficulties and made rapid progress in all economic, cultural and social fields.

The economy is moving towards comprehensive and sustainable development, reasonable structural transformation, improved management mechanisms, and increased investment sources. Agriculture is developing in the direction of intensive farming, applying science and technology to production, gradually industrializing agriculture. Industry is moving towards high technology, efficiency and safety, many industrial zones and clusters are formed. Services are expanding and accounting for an increasingly large proportion. Thanks to that, the economy has continuously grown positively. Along with that, the urbanization rate is getting faster and faster, Vinh has become a type I city, contributing to promoting the development of industry and services.

Since the revolutionary government was established, the cultural and educational cause has always received investment and development attention. Cultural movements and educational reforms have continuously taken place, new value systems have been formed on the basis of absorbing national traditions, new achievements have been established, people's knowledge has been improved, increasingly meeting the aesthetic/intellectual needs of the community, effectively serving revolutionary movements.

Vinh City today. Photo: Thanh Duy

Aspiration to reach far "become a prosperous province"

Nearly a millennium has passed, Nghe An has always been closely associated with and persistently contributed to the historical and cultural progress of the nation. Nghe An is proud to be the homeland of President Ho Chi Minh, many patriots and revolutionary predecessors, many loyal communist soldiers, many outstanding leaders of the Party and State, many great intellectuals and artists of the country.

Today, with strong will and creative intelligence, the Party Committee and People of Nghe An arestrive to riseto turn the aspiration of building the homeland "into a prosperous province" as President Ho Chi Minh always wished with clear and scientific strategies and policies.

Surely this beautiful aspiration will become a reality not far away.