The Deputy Prime Minister laid flowers and offered incense to pay tribute to the martyrs of the Soviet Uprising at the Nghe Tinh Soviet Memorial Site.
On the evening of September 12th, on the occasion of the 995th anniversary of the name Nghe An (1030-2025) and the 95th anniversary of the Nghe Tinh Soviet (September 12, 1930 - September 12, 2025), Comrade Mai Van Chinh - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Deputy Prime Minister, and the delegation visited and laid flowers and offered incense to pay tribute to the martyrs of the Soviet movement at the Nghe Tinh Soviet historical site in Hung Nguyen commune.
Attending the ceremony were comrades: Nguyen Quang Duc - Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department; Hoang Dao Cuong - Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism; and other members of the delegation.
The leaders of Nghe An province included: Nguyen Duc Trung - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Le Hong Vinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; and other members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, leaders of departments, agencies and localities.
The leaders of Ha Tinh province included Comrade Nguyen Duy Lam - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and other members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee.
The Nghe Tinh Soviet of 1930-1931 is a glorious milestone in the history of the 20th-century Vietnamese revolution under the leadership of the Party; it has become a symbol of the heroic, steadfast, and indomitable spirit of the people of Nghe An province.
In Nghe An, under the leadership of the Central Vietnam Regional Party Committee, specifically the Vinh - Ben Thuy Provincial Committee and the Nghe An Provincial Committee, in harmony with the nationwide struggle movement, the workers and peasants in the province rose up strongly in both urban and rural areas.
On the morning of September 12, 1930, approximately 8,000 farmers from three districts: Phu Long, Thong Lang (Hung Nguyen), and Nam Kim (Nam Dan), under the leadership of the District Party Committee, marched in orderly ranks, armed with sticks, spears, and ropes, waving red flags with the hammer and sickle, to Yen Xuan train station to denounce the crimes of the French colonialists and the Southern feudal regime, and to call on the masses to follow the Communist Party. Their shouts of slogans echoed throughout the area.
As the provincial delegation advanced towards Hung Nguyen district capital, upon reaching Thai Lao, the French colonial forces launched an air raid, killing 217 people and injuring 125. This brutal act of terror shocked public opinion both domestically and internationally.
Although the protest on September 12, 1930, was brutally suppressed, it demonstrated the immense power of the people's uprising and has gone down in history as an immortal epic. September 12th is celebrated annually as the anniversary of the Nghe Tinh Soviet Uprising.
The Nghe Tinh Soviet was a milestone marking the first time our Party, a revolutionary party albeit still very young, demonstrated its role, character, prestige, fighting spirit, and immense capacity in leading, uniting, and mobilizing the masses.
The flame of the Nghe Tinh Soviet has become a sacred flame, illuminating and inspiring our Party and our people to overcome all hardships and challenges, to fight for national independence and reunification, and to steadily advance towards socialism.
At the Memorial House for Soviet Martyrs of Nghe Tinh (1930-1931), built within the grounds of the Soviet Nghe Tinh Museum (Thanh Vinh ward) and the Soviet Nghe Tinh Historical Site (Hung Nguyen commune), Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh and the delegation from the Central Committee, the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Council, the Provincial People's Committee, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province respectfully laid flowers and incense, and observed a moment of silence to remember and express profound gratitude for the immense contributions of the martyrs in the revolutionary movement of 1930-1931.
In this solemn moment, Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh and the delegation from the Central Committee, the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Council, the Provincial People's Committee, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province pledged to continue upholding the spirit of the Nghe Tinh Soviet, successfully implementing the political system reform, and successfully carrying out the National Party Congress...; building the beloved homeland of President Ho Chi Minh into a prosperous province as he wished during his lifetime; worthy of the noble sacrifices of our ancestors and the heroic martyrs of the Nghe Tinh Soviet, and worthily continuing the title of "Red Nghe Tinh".
