Nghe An homeland is forever proud of General Chu Huy Man, an excellent son, a general who was both literary and martial.

At the scientific conference: "General Chu Huy Man - An outstanding politician and military man of the Vietnamese revolution, an outstanding son of Nghe An homeland" on the morning of March 17, comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An province gave a welcoming speech to the conference. Nghe An Newspaper respectfully introduces the full text of the speech.

Overview of the workshop. Photo: Thanh Duy

- Dear Comrade Nguyen Sinh Hung - former member of the Politburo, former Chairman of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

- Dear Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Minister of National Defense, Head of the Workshop Steering Committee;

- Dear comrades, members of the Party Central Committee, former members of the Party Central Committee, leaders of Central Committees, Ministries, branches, Military Region 4; cities and provinces;

- Dear representative of the family of General Chu Huy Man;

- Dear scientists, delegates, distinguished guests and all comrades!

Today, the Ministry of National Defense, the Central Propaganda Department, the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Nghe An province organized a scientific seminar: "General Chu Huy Man - An outstanding politician and military man of the Vietnamese revolution, an excellent son of Nghe An homeland", on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of his birth (March 17, 1913 - March 17, 2023).

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An province delivered a welcome speech at the Workshop. Photo: Thanh Duy

On behalf of the Party Committee and People of Nghe An province, I respectfully send to the leaders, former leaders of the Party and State, delegates and distinguished guests my warmest greetings and best wishes.

Dear delegates!

Throughout the history of the country's development, the land and people of Nghe An have made important contributions to that process. Generation after generation, the people of Nghe An have joined the Vietnamese people, bravely fighting and defeating foreign invaders, gaining independence and freedom for the nation. With harsh nature and a difficult history, that land has also nurtured and given birth to many outstanding children, cultural celebrities, patriots, revolutionary soldiers, and generals who have made glorious contributions, contributing to the building of Nghe An as a "spiritual land of talented people". Comrade General Chu Huy Man is one of those typical children.

Former National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung attended the conference. Photo: Thanh Duy

Comrade Chu Huy Man, whose real name is Chu Van Dieu, was born into a poor peasant family in Yen Luu commune, Hung Nguyen district, now Hung Hoa commune, Vinh city. In the common suffering of the people before the revolution, comrade Chu Huy Man's childhood was even more miserable because he lost his father at the age of 14 months. However, the more difficult it was, the more it urged the will to strive and strive to rise up of the youngest son Chu Van Dieu in a family of 8 siblings.

Growing up, clearly feeling the bitterness of the people who lost their country, and being shaped by the patriotic tradition of his homeland, comrade Chu Huy Man soon became enlightened with ideals and believed in the revolutionary path. When he was only 16 years old, he actively participated in patriotic movements in his homeland; at 17, he was admitted to the Indochinese Communist Party. Oath of Honor“I vow to fight for the Party and the revolution all my life. If I am arrested, punished, or tortured, I will not reveal anything. Even if I have to endure imprisonment, I will not be discouraged. Whether in life or death, I will not be discouraged.”followed comrade Chu Huy Man throughout his life of revolutionary activities.

Lieutenant General Nguyen Quoc Thuoc - former member of the Party Central Committee, former Commander of Military Region 4 attended the conference. Photo: Thanh Duy

During the period of secret activities from 1937 to 1940, he was imprisoned by the enemy many times in Vinh Prison, Dak Glei Prison, Dak To, Kon Tum. Those were the years when he was trained in will, steadfast revolutionary spirit, ardent patriotism, and absolute loyalty to the Party, the Fatherland and the People. In early 1943, after escaping from prison safely, he sought to contact the Party and carried out revolutionary activities in Quang Nam province, participated in leading the General Uprising there and won victory.

When the national resistance war broke out, he was mobilized and assigned to hold many important command positions in the army. He and the collective leadership and commanded many victories in many battles and major campaigns in the Northern Delta, Hoa Binh, Border, and Upper Laos. In particular, the key battles in the Dien Bien Phu campaign contributed to the victory that "resounded throughout the five continents and shook the world", ending the nation's long resistance war against French colonialism.

Leaders of the Ministry of National Defense and Military Region 4 attended the conference. Photo: Thanh Duy

During the resistance war against the US to save the country, comrade Chu Huy Man was assigned many important command tasks in the strategic areas of the Central Highlands and Zone 5, which were full of hardship and fierceness. Promoting the spirit of creativity and the determination to "defeat the US and defeat the US", he and the collective command, leading the army and people in the area to directly confront the US army, establishing many resounding victories such as Nui Thanh and Van Tuong.

He participated in directing the successful construction of the "American-killing belt" - a unique and creative form of fighting the enemy in the Vietnamese people's war; directed and organized the successful implementation of comprehensive offensive campaigns such as: Ba Gia, Sa Thay, Tet Mau Than, Hue Campaign, Da Nang..., contributing with the army and people of the whole country to "Fight to make the Americans leave, fight to make the puppets fall", completely liberating the South, and unifying the country.

On the fierce battlefield, comrade Chu Huy Man showed his talent, creativity, bravery and high determination of a military commander. At the same time, he showed himself to be a sharp politician, always timely and closely paying attention to the thoughts, encouraging and cheering on the spirit, strength and determination to fight and win of the cadres and soldiers.

In each position, from the Regiment level to the position of Politburo member, Vice Chairman of the State Council, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Party Committee, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, Comrade Chu Huy Man always paid attention to building and consolidating the combat strength of the armed forces; attached importance to Party work, upheld the principle of the Party's absolute, direct and comprehensive leadership of the army, contributing to building the Vietnam People's Army to become increasingly mature and strong in all aspects, meeting the requirements of building and defending the Fatherland in the new situation.

Not only was he a talented general of our Army, comrade Chu Huy Man also made many important contributions to the noble international revolutionary cause. When assigned by the Party and the State, he directly participated in helping the Chinese and Lao revolutions during difficult times. In particular, he helped build a strong Pathet Lao army, consolidate the Lao Coalition Government and help our friends organize major battles, contributing to building and nurturing the fighting alliance, the special friendship between Vietnam and Laos and bringing about revolutionary victories in each country.

Delegates attending the workshop. Photo: Thanh Duy

In recognition of his outstanding contributions, comrade Chu Huy Man was one of the few people to be promoted from Major General to Senior General in 1974 and to General in 1980.

At 93 years old, 76 years in the Party, 61 years in the army, and having fought on battlefields from Military Region 4, Military Region 5, Viet Bac Military Region, Tay Bac to the Central Highlands front, Laos, China battlefields, etc., comrade Chu Huy Man always set a shining example of a loyal communist soldier, dedicating his whole life to the revolutionary cause, not retreating in the face of difficulties and challenges, always ready to be present in dangerous places.

He left an example of scientific, democratic, thorough, meticulous working style and methods, always closely following and grasping reality to be creative, daring to think, daring to do, daring to take responsibility; a simple, close lifestyle, loving compatriots and teammates.

The life and career of General Chu Huy Man went hand in hand with the steps of the Party and the country, from a life of slavery, enlightened by the Party on the path of struggle to a life of freedom, contributing to glorifying our Fatherland, adding to the glorious history and tradition of the Party, the nation, the heroic Vietnam People's Army and of Nghe An homeland.

Dear comrades!

Promoting the tradition of the heroic Soviet homeland, learning from the example of General Chu Huy Man and generations of revolutionary predecessors, the Party Committee and people of Nghe An have persevered, overcome difficulties and challenges and made many important contributions through revolutionary periods, contributing with the people of the whole country to achieve glorious victories in the revolution to liberate the nation, unify the Fatherland, and fulfill noble international obligations.

In recent years, implementing Resolution 26 of the Politburo and the Resolutions of the Party Congresses at all levels, Nghe An province has been innovating day by day and achieving important development achievements. Up to now, the province's economic scale ranks 10th in the country. The economy has maintained a fairly high growth rate, reaching 9.08% in 2022 alone; annual budget revenue has reached and exceeded the assigned estimate, in 2022 it will reach nearly 22,000 billion VND. Foreign investment attraction ranks in the top 10 nationwide; export turnover has continuously exceeded the target set by the congress, reaching approximately 2.5 billion USD.

The urban and rural areas are increasingly civilized and modern, and are one of the typical localities in the country with proactive and creative approaches in building new rural areas. Some areas have gradually become the center of the North Central region, such as health care, education and training, finance and banking, etc. National defense and security are ensured; foreign affairs are strengthened and expanded; the great national unity bloc and people's trust in the Party and the State are increasingly consolidated.

Delegates attending the workshop. Photo: Thanh Duy

Dear comrades!

From the time he left revolutionary activities or matured to hold important positions in the Party, State and Army, comrade Chu Huy Man always showed affection, care and encouragement for every step of his hometown Nghe An. The homeland is forever proud of its excellent son, the great general who was both literary and martial, of comrade "Hai Manh" - the affectionate and dear name of General Chu Huy Man.

Through today's workshop, we will contribute to enriching and deepening the knowledge about General Chu Huy Man - an outstanding leader of the Party, the nation and the Vietnamese revolution; a pure international communist soldier, an excellent strategist and commander with great prestige in the Army, an outstanding son of Nghe An homeland. We will supplement and provide new documents and the great contributions of General Chu Huy Man to the revolutionary cause of our Party and people; about the process of building, fighting and growing up of the Vietnam People's Army.

The documents of the Conference will be extremely valuable historical data serving the work of studying, researching, propagating, educating patriotism, revolutionary ethics and military art for today's and future generations.

On behalf of the Party Committee and people of Nghe An province, I would like to express my sincere thanks to the leaders of the Ministry of National Defense, the Central Propaganda Department, and the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics for their attention and direction in organizing this meaningful activity on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the birth of General Chu Huy Man. I would like to sincerely thank the scientists, delegates, and distinguished guests who have devoted their affection and enthusiasm to learning and researching the life and career of General Chu Huy Man and writing papers for the Conference.

I wish the leaders and former leaders of the Party, State, Ministry of National Defense, Central Propaganda Department, Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, representatives of the family and clan of comrade Chu Huy Man, distinguished delegates and guests good health, happiness and success!

Wishing the workshop great success! Thank you very much!

(Title by Nghe An Newspaper).