Respectfully commemorate the 78th anniversary of the death of patriot Phan Boi Chau

Attending the memorial ceremony were comrades: Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Ho Phuc Hop - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee; comrades of the Provincial Party Executive Committee: Pham Thi Hong Toan - Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper; Nguyen Thi Kim Chi - Director of the Department of Education and Training.

Also attending were representatives of the Department of Culture and Sports, the Provincial and Nam Dan District Monuments Management Board; the Association of Former Students of Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted, Mr. Phan's descendants and many teachers and students in the area.

Delegates respectfully held a memorial service. Photo: Cong Vinh

Phan Boi Chau's real name was Phan Van San, his pen name was Sao Nam, born on December 26, 1867 in Sa Nam village, Nam Dan district, Nghe An province in a family of Confucian scholars.

Born into a country that was destroyed and his home destroyed, witnessing the misery and slavery of the people every day, he soon formed a patriotic and compassionate ideology. With a violent national salvation policy, Phan Boi Chau founded the Duy Tan Association, the Viet Nam Quang Phuc Association, and then the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang to gather forces to fight with armed revolutionary weapons and seek foreign aid.

Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Xuan Son offered incense in memory. Photo: Cong Vinh

Among those movements, the one that left the deepest impression was the Dong Du movement with the spirit of “same continent, same race, same culture”. Although the Dong Du movement was not successful, it laid the foundation for changes in our country in the early 20th century. In particular, this was an important link, a milestone marking the friendship between Vietnam and Japan in the field of culture and education, and to this day the Dong Du movement still retains its value in the cause of national development.

Phan Boi Chau Memorial Site is being increasingly built and renovated. Photo courtesy

Many students also came to offer incense at the memorial service marking the 78th anniversary of Mr. Phan's death. Photo: Cong Vinh

On the morning of October 29, 1940 (September 29, Canh Thin year), he breathed his last at the thatched house on Ben Ngu slope (Hue). Mr. Phan's life was devoted entirely to the national liberation movement and was a shining example for generations to learn and follow./.