Prime Minister offers incense at President Ho Chi Minh Memorial House for the Border Campaign
On February 2 (the 5th day of the Lunar New Year), during his working program in Cao Bang province, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited and offered incense at the President Ho Chi Minh Memorial House in the special national relic site of the 1950 Border Victory Site, Duc Long commune, Thach An district.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and members of the delegation respectfully bowed, expressing their respect, admiration, and eternal gratitude to President Ho Chi Minh, General Vo Nguyen Giap, and the heroes and martyrs who bravely fought and sacrificed in the 1950 Border Campaign, contributing to the glorious feat of arms of the army and people of Cao - Bac - Lang in the cause of protecting and building Vietnam to become more and more beautiful, dignified, rich, civilized, prosperous, and the people to be happier and more prosperous.
The Border Campaign took place from September 16 to October 14, 1950, and was a victory of strategic significance in the resistance war against France. Notably, this was the first and only time in the history of the resistance war against France and the US that President Ho Chi Minh directly went to the front to observe and direct the campaign, with historical images recording the moment he observed the Dong Khe battle that opened the campaign. Also in this Campaign, General, Commander-in-Chief Vo Nguyen Giap was appointed as Secretary of the Front Party Committee, Commander and Political Commissar of the campaign.
The Border Campaign ended with us destroying an important part of the enemy's forces, expanding and consolidating the Viet Bac base, liberating the northern border area of our country, breaking the siege, opening up communication with China and socialist countries, connecting our country's revolution with the world revolution, and at the same time marking a leap forward in the art of campaigning and the remarkable growth of our army, changing the situation of the war, moving towards gaining the initiative on the main battlefield, contributing to bringing the resistance war against France to victory with the peak being the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954 "famous in five continents, shaking the earth".
