Many activities to celebrate the 88th anniversary of Nghe Tinh Soviet Day

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh and provincial leaders offer incense to commemorate heroic martyrs. Photo: Thai Duong

On the afternoon of September 11, the Provincial Party Committee - People's Council - People's Committee - Provincial Fatherland Front Committee led by comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation held a ceremony to offer flowers and incense to commemorate the martyrs of the Nghe Tinh Soviet 1930 - 1931.

Also attending were comrades Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, representatives of provincial departments and branches.

Provincial leaders commemorate Soviet heroes and martyrs of Nghe Tinh. Photo: Thai Duong

In Thai Lao town, Hung Nguyen district, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh and provincial leaders held a ceremony to offer flowers and incense at the graves and memorial house of Soviet martyrs in Nghe Tinh, expressing their respect and deep gratitude to the Soviet children and ancestors who fell in the revolutionary movement in the period of 1930 - 1931.

On September 12, 1930, the demonstration of 8,000 farmers in Hung Nguyen district was suppressed by the French colonialists using heavy weapons and aircraft. 217 people died, 125 were injured... The demonstration on September 12, 88 years ago, has gone down in history as an immortal epic of the people of Nghe Tinh in the revolutionary movement of 1930 - 1931.

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh offers flowers at the Memorial House of Soviet Martyrs of Nghe Tinh. Photo: Thai Duong

Next, comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh and the delegation offered flowers and incense at the Nghe Tinh Soviet Martyrs Memorial House at the Nghe Tinh Soviet Museum. This is the place to worship the souls of more than 2,000 martyrs and patriots of Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces who sacrificed their lives in the 1930-1931 revolutionary movement. Before the souls of those who sacrificed their lives for the independence and freedom of the nation, the provincial leaders vowed to unite and strive to build Nghe An province to develop more and more, worthy of the tradition of the heroic Soviet homeland.

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh and the delegation offered flowers and incense at the Soviet martyrs' memorial house in Nghe Tinh at the Soviet Nghe Tinh Museum. Photo: Bich Hau

Also as part of the activities to celebrate the Nghe Tinh Soviet Day, earlier, on the morning of September 9, in Ninh Binh city, more than 500 members of the Nghe Tinh Association, representing 5,000 members who are children of Nghe An people working and living in Ninh Binh province, solemnly celebrated the 88th anniversary of the Nghe Tinh Soviet Day (September 12, 1930 - September 12, 2018) and the 20th anniversary of the Association's establishment.

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh and delegates congratulated the Nghe Tinh Association in Ninh Binh province on organizing the 88th anniversary of the Nghe Tinh Soviet. Photo: Nguyen Cong Khang

Here, delegates and fellow countrymen from Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces reviewed the precious historical values ​​of the 1930-1931 revolutionary movement, the peak of which was the Nghe Tinh Soviet. Thereby affirming that the generation of children from Nghe Tinh are always proud of and promote the revolutionary tradition, the Soviet spirit, striving for the development of the country and always looking towards their homeland and roots.