High determination, great efforts, more drastic actions to create development miracles for Nghe An in the new period

Scientific conference 'Nghe An - 990 years of formation and development'

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of November 30, in Vinh City, Nghe An Province, in collaboration with the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, organized the scientific conference "Nghe An - 990 years of formation and development". This is an important event with profound historical and political significance in a series of practical activities to celebrate the 990th anniversary of the Nghe An name (1030 - 2020).

Dear delegates and scientists!

Dear comrades and friends!

Today, I am very pleased to attend.Scientific conference“Nghe An - 990 years of formation and development”, a very important event in a series of practical activities to celebrate the 990th anniversary of the name Nghe An, to continue to record, honor and spread the great cultural and spiritual values, the glorious revolutionary historical traditions of the very proud homeland of Nghe An.

Dear delegates and scientists, my best regards and congratulations!

In the excited atmosphere of welcoming victoryNghe An Provincial Party Congress for the 2020-2025 termand contributing to the success of the 13th National Congress of the Party, along with the great achievements that the Party Committee and People of Nghe An have achieved in many consecutive terms, I believe that our Conference will contribute to bringing inspiration, excitement and pride, more confidence and motivation, determination and aspiration to promote the development of our province in the new period.

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council gave a speech at the Workshop. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Dear comrades and scientists!

The glorious history of formation and development of Nghe An province is a vivid and eloquent symbol of the thousands of years of history of building and defending the country of our people. As a land of outstanding people, always having a very important geo-strategic position throughout history, especially in the Ho Chi Minh era, Nghe An has fostered precious cultural and spiritual values, a convergence point of the quintessence that enriches the Vietnamese identity: diligence and creativity in labor; heroic, brave in combat and very intelligent in studying; beautiful, pure in love for the homeland, contributing greatly to shaping a Vietnam that, as General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong affirmed, "has never had such a foundation, position and prestige as today", and the whole country is continuing to spread the noble values ​​of the Vietnamese people in the international arena.

Dear comrades and scientists!

Through historical and archaeological documents and evidence, we know that Nghe An is the place that marked the first footsteps of ancient Vietnamese people hundreds of thousands of years ago with evidence from the Tham Om site (Chau Thuan, Quy Chau) to Doi Dung, Doi Rang (Thanh Chuong); from Quynh Van (Quynh Luu) to Lang Vac (Nghia Dan)... From the beginning of the foundation, career, land establishment, village establishment, Nghe An land has gone through a long process of natural exploitation, labor, production, construction of tangible cultural achievements of great value in history, culture, and civilization: Nho Lam iron forging, Dien Thap bronze casting, Van Phan fish sauce; Silk reeling and weaving in Quynh Luu, Nam Dan, Do Luong; Soy sauce making in Nam Dan, brocade weaving in the mountainous districts of Quy Chau, Tuong Duong...

Through labor and creativity, Nghe An has made a worthy contribution to the national cultural treasure with many precious heritages. Nghe An is the cradle of folk songs, proverbs, chants, verses, parallel sentences, stories, epics... very concise and profound. Nghe An has long flourished with the folk arts of Vi, Giam, Ho, Hat Boi (tuong), Ho, Ca Tru, Hat Gheo, Sap dance, Hat Non dance... In particular, Nghe - Tinh Vi and Giam folk songs have been recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Similarly, Nghe An has thousands of relics and scenic spots that have been inventoried and managed, including hundreds of ranked tangible cultural relics, especially many special national relics.

The old books say,Nghe An is a place of "spiritual land and talented people", as the famous scholar Bui Huy Bich said:"Since ancient times, there have been many heroes and talented people."Cultural objects are like gold, all are of the same quality."Nghe An is very proud to be the land that produces famous scholars and doctors, providing the country with excellent children such as: Bach Lieu's first prize winner, Han Lam Academy scholar Ho Tong Thoc, Nguyen Van Giao, Phan Thuc Truc, Doctor Ngo Tri Hoa...

Nghe An is famous for many families that have produced many outstanding talents whose names will live on forever. Nghe An is a famous land of learning not only for the number of people who passed the exams and were named on the golden list, but especially for the spirit of studiousness, hard work, diligence, intelligence, sharp intellect, loyalty, respect for human morality, closeness to the masses, patriotism, opposition to corrupt mandarins, daring to oppose wrongdoing, daring to protect the right, not afraid of tyrannical power...

View of the Workshop "Nghe An - 990 years of formation and development". Photo: Thanh Cuong

Right from the beginning of the country's founding and defense, Nghe An has been recorded very early in the glorious history of our nation's struggle for independence. That is the tragic story of King An Duong Vuong and his daughter Princess My Chau against the plots of the invaders, preserved at the sacred Cuong temple; these are stories about the heroic spirit of the Nghe An people in the uprising of Hai Ba Trung in 40. King Mai Temple (in Nam Dan) still preserves forever the pride of the Hoan Chau uprising and the glorious career of King Mai Hac De over 1,300 years ago.

The heroic spirit in the poem Binh Ngo Dai Cao: "The battle of Bo Dang was filled with thunder and lightning; The bamboo split in Tra Lan region and the ashes flew" is the heroic evidence that Le Loi and Nguyen Trai relied on the land and people of Nghe An to write one of the most glorious pages in the history of the nation. Nghe An is also the homeland of the hero "in cloth clothes, red flag, helping the people, building the country" Nguyen Hue - Quang Trung, the place that provided tens of thousands of brave and courageous Nghe An warriors, contributing greatly to the great victory over the Qing army in the spring of Ky Dau year (1789).

During the struggle against the French colonialists, the people of Nghe An, led by patriotic scholars and intellectuals throughout the region, rose up strongly, responded to the Can Vuong patriotic movement, initiated and organized the Dong Du and Duy Tan movements, creating a new breeze in the flame of patriotism and the struggle for national independence of our people.

On the land of Nghe An, there have appeared many outstanding sons, national heroes, historical figures, famous generals, good mandarins, patriotic scholars, revolutionary soldiers, scientists, writers, poets... who have glorified their homeland and country, the most representative of which is the beloved President Ho Chi Minh - "Our nation, our people, our country gave birth to President Ho, the great national hero and it was he who glorified our nation, our people, our country."

Since the beginning of the 20th century, Nghe An has been the cradle that has given birth to and nurtured generations of revolutionary predecessors, providing the Party with the most outstanding children, and the place where pioneering revolutionary patriotic movements began and exploded, most notably the Nghe-Tinh Soviet Movement - the leading flag of the Vietnamese revolution under the leadership of the Party. In the journey of fighting for national independence and conducting long-term resistance wars against the French colonialists and the invading American imperialists, Nghe An was not only the land that "took the lead, rose first", but also played the role of both the rear and the frontline; both providing human and material resources, and directly fighting together with the army and people of the whole country to create great victories for our nation in the Ho Chi Minh era.

In the cause of innovation, together with the whole country, the Party Committee and People of Nghe An have constantly promoted creativity, solidarity, hard work, overcome all difficulties and challenges, achieved very important development achievements, making Nghe An one of the fairly developed provinces of the Central region.

The more aware of the responsibility before history, inheriting the heroic revolutionary tradition of the homeland, and being worthy of gratitude for the great contributions of generations of Nghe An people, the Party Committee and People of Nghe An today, having strived, must strive even harder, having determined, must be even more determined, to build and develop the homeland of Nghe An to be rich, strong, unique, modern and civilized. Allow me to repeat the sacred Testament and also the simple but profound wish of President Ho Chi Minh in the letter he wrote to the Party Committee of Nghe An on July 21, 1969 (only 43 days before he passed away):“Nghe An is a large province with rich resources. The people are hard-working and very revolutionary. We hope that our compatriots and comrades in the province will strive to make Nghe An quickly become one of the most prosperous provinces in the North.”.

Delegates attending the Workshop. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Dear comrades and scientists!

At this Conference and in the coming time, I suggest that we need to continue to conduct comprehensive research, collect more historical, cultural, archaeological... information to contribute to deepening the formation and development process of Nghe An province; from there, have more convincing scientific arguments to honor and spread the historical, traditional and cultural values ​​of the land and people of Nghe An, transfer cultural and historical values ​​into development values ​​for the province, contributing to strongly affirming the great contributions of Nghe An in the history of thousands of years of building and defending the country, in the struggle for national independence in the past as well as in the cause of building and defending the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland today.

In particular, to promote the historical, cultural and human traditions of Nghe An, we have the responsibility to widely spread the message of a united, creative Nghe An, full of will and aspiration to rise up, with high determination, great efforts, and more drastic actions to create development miracles for Nghe An in the new period.

Thoroughly grasping the contents of Notice No. 55-TB/TW dated April 20, 2019 of the Politburo on the 5-year review of the implementation of Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW of the Politburo (11th tenure) on the direction of socio-economic development of Nghe An province to 2020, we need to focus on organizing the implementation well, drastically, and effectively of the orientations, tasks, and breakthrough solutions set forth by the 19th Provincial Party Congress, term 2020-2025, striving to make Nghe An a fairly developed province in the Northern region by 2025, and a fairly developed province of the whole country by 2030, as desired by the great President Ho Chi Minh, as well as the wishes of all Nghe An people.

Wishing all delegates, scientists and comrades good health, happiness and many new successes.

Wish the workshop great success.

Thanks a lot!

(Title by Nghe An Newspaper).

⁽¹⁾ Excerpt from the Eulogy of the Party Central Committee read by General Secretary Le Duan at the memorial service for President Ho Chi Minh on September 9, 1969

Nguyen Xuan Thang