Solemn memorial ceremony for comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai

Attending the ceremony were members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee: Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, Nguyen Nam Dinh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee.

Also attending were comrades: Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Tran Thi My Hanh - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Culture and Sports; representatives of leaders of departments, branches, sectors, and provincial units; leaders of Vinh city; leaders of Hoc Mon district (Ho Chi Minh City), the Nguyen Huy Family Council (Hanoi) and the Le Family Council (Hung Nguyen).

Comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, real name Nguyen Thi Vinh, was born on September 30, 1910, in her hometown of Nghe An, a land with a long tradition of patriotism and revolution. With the enthusiasm of youth, at the age of 16, she was determined to embark on the revolutionary path.

From 1926 to 1929, comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai participated in patriotic and revolutionary organizations such as Tan Viet Revolutionary Party, Indochina Communist Party, became a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam in charge of propaganda work, training party members and made important contributions to the Nghe Tinh Soviet movement.

In early 1930, he was introduced by the Central Party Committee to go to the North and then to China, working at the Eastern Branch Office of the Communist International. In 1935, he was elected to the official delegation to attend the 7th Congress of the Communist International in Moscow.

In 1937, comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai returned to the country, worked at the Southern Regional Party Committee and was appointed by the Party Central Committee to hold the position of Secretary of the Saigon - Cho Lon City Party Committee, becoming one of the key leaders of the Southern revolutionary movement in the period 1936-1940.

During her revolutionary activities, comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai met, fell in love with and married comrade Le Hong Phong. The result of that love was the birth of baby Le Nguyen Hong Minh. But when the baby was not yet a month old, comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, due to duty requirements, entrusted the baby to the parents at Base 18, Betel Garden Village to join the revolution.

On July 30, 1940, while preparing to launch an armed uprising with the Southern Regional Party Committee, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai fell into enemy hands. She was imprisoned in Saigon's Grand Prison. The enemy tried to torture her but could not shake the iron will and steadfast revolutionary spirit of an indomitable and steadfast woman. After two trials, the Saigon Special Military Court sentenced Nguyen Thi Minh Khai to death.

In the early morning of August 26, 1941 (July 4, Tan Ty year), the French colonialists executed comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai at Gieng Nuoc Hospital, now Hoc Mon District Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City.

On the occasion of the 82nd anniversary of the death of comrade Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, the delegates expressed their respect and infinite gratitude for the great contributions of an outstanding son of Nghe An, an excellent student of leader Nguyen Ai Quoc - Ho Chi Minh, who sacrificed his whole life for the Fatherland. Pray for the soul of comrade to rest in eternal peace, to be liberated, to bless the nation with peace and prosperity, the people with prosperity and happiness, and for Nghe An province to develop and prosper.