Nghe An: Commemorating the 76th death anniversary of comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai

(Baonghean.vn) - On August 27 (July 6, Dinh Dau year), at the Memorial House of Comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai (Quang Trung ward, Vinh city), the Department of Culture and Sports, the Management Board of Monuments and Landscapes of Nghe An held an incense offering ceremony to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the death of Comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai.

Attending the ceremony were comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; comrades in the Provincial Party Standing Committee, representatives of provincial agencies, departments and branches, Vinh City People's Committee, Quang Trung Ward People's Committee, representatives of the Nguyen Huy clan council in Hanoi, representatives of the Le clan council in Hung Thong, Hung Nguyen, Nghe An; representatives of Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Primary School, Le Chan District, Hai Phong City, along with a large number of people of Nghe An province and tourists from all over.

Representatives of Nghe An province's leaders and many people came to pay their respects on the 76th anniversary of the death of comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai. Photo: Thanh Son

In the solemn atmosphere of the ceremony, delegates reviewed the life, career and heroic revolutionary activities of comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai.

Comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai's real name is Nguyen Thi Vinh, born on November 1, 1910, in the old Ga street, Vinh Yen commune (now Quang Trung ward, Vinh city). Her hometown is Nhan Chinh commune, Tu Liem district (now Nhan Chinh ward, Thanh Xuan district), Hanoi.

On behalf of the Party Committee and people of Nghe An province, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Dac Vinh offered flowers and incense to express his sincere gratitude to comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai. Photo: Thanh Son

At the age of 16, comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai officially embarked on the revolutionary path and joined the Tan Viet Party. In 1930, she was admitted to the Indochinese Communist Party, assigned to train party members at Truong Thi - Ben Thuy, then went to Hong Kong (China), working at the Indochina branch office of the Communist International.

He was imprisoned by the Chinese Kuomintang (1931 - 1933) and was released thanks to the Red International's efforts. After being released from prison, he worked at the Party's Overseas Command (August 1934). In 1935, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai studied at the Oriental University in the Soviet Union; she was an official delegate of the Indochinese Communist Party to the 7th Congress of the Communist International in Moscow.

Many people in Nghe An came to offer incense to commemorate comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai. Photo: Thanh Son

In 1936, comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai returned to the country to convey the instructions of the Communist International, was appointed Secretary of the Saigon - Cho Lon City Party Committee and member of the Southern Regional Party Committee, and directly led the Southern uprising.

On July 30, 1940, comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai was arrested by the French colonialists at the Big Prison - Saigon and sentenced to death by the enemy's military court. On August 28, 1941 (July 6, Tan Ty year), comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai heroically sacrificed herself at the Ba Diem shooting range - Hoc Mon, Gia Dinh along with comrades Vo Van Tan, Phan Dang Luu, and Nguyen Van Cu.

The group of teachers at Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Primary School, Le Chan District, Hai Phong City, led by Principal Thai Bich Van.Offering incense to express gratitude to the steadfast and indomitable female communist soldier. Photo: Thanh Son

At the ceremony, the delegates respectfully offered flowers and incense to express their infinite gratitude for the great contributions of comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai - an excellent student of President Ho Chi Minh, an outstanding daughter of Vinh city who devoted her whole life to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the people of Vietnam./.

Thanh Son