Khuoi Nam shack, where the Vietnam Independence newspaper was published. Photo: VNA
Ms. Vi Thi Thoa, tour guide of Pac Bo National Special Relic Site (Ha Quang District) said that during the years 1941-1945, Uncle Ho secretly operated in Pac Bo to build a revolutionary base. Here, he assigned tasks to revolutionary cadres to both propagate, mobilize, and enlighten the people to follow the Viet Minh, teach the people to read and write, and build a revolutionary organization. Leader Nguyen Ai Quoc directly directed the publication of the newspaper Vietnam Doc Lap (August 1, 1941), the mouthpiece of the Viet Minh organization, to mobilize the people to rise up to fight for the revolution, to ignite the widespread movement to save the country.
The newspaper’s “editorial office” was located in the Khuoi Nam hut, with only a few stone slabs, a rudimentary mimeograph machine brought from China, some printing paper and a few hand-carved pencils. Leader Nguyen Ai Quoc personally wrote the articles, edited the morat, and then printed and distributed them to revolutionary bases with his colleagues, Ms. Vi Thi Thoa emotionally recounted.
At the exhibition house of the Pac Bo National Special Relic Site, the first issue of the Vietnam Independence newspaper, numbered 101, is placed in a prominent position. In this issue, the front page has an editorial with the content: "The West aims to make our people stupid and cowardly. The Vietnam Independence newspaper aims to make our people no longer stupid and cowardly, to know things, to unite, to fight the West, to fight the Japanese, to make Vietnam independent, equal, and free."
On the front page of issue 103, there was a propaganda painting drawn by leader Nguyen Ai Quoc, depicting a person holding a loudspeaker in a calling pose; the image of the person and the loudspeaker combined to form the newspaper's name, accompanied by four verses: Independent Vietnam blows the trumpet/Calling on our people, young and old/To unite as firmly as a block of iron/To save our country, South Vietnam, together!
Front page of Vietnam Independence Newspaper No. 101. Photo: VNA
On May 7, 1944, the Viet Minh General Department issued the Directive "Preparing for the Uprising". The Vietnam Independence Newspaper printed the full text of this Directive to send to Party organizations and the people, preparing conditions for the General Uprising nationwide. Newspaper No. 201, published on January 5, 1945, published two "Communications" No. 1 and No. 2 about the victories of Phai Khat and Na Ngan (December 25 and 26, 1944) - the opening victories of the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army.
The Vietnam Independence Newspaper was published every 10 days, with about 400 copies printed each time. In 1942, leader Nguyen Ai Quoc decided to move the agency from Pac Bo to the Lam Son base area, Hong Viet commune, Hoa An district. The newspaper also moved to this area, located in Lung Hoai, Bo Hoai... and published issue 120 (number 20) on March 10, 1942.
At first, the Independent Vietnam Newspaper was the organ of the Viet Minh General Department of Cao Bang Province (from issue 101 to issue 128). Later, when the revolutionary area was expanded to Bac Kan and Lang Son, the newspaper became the organ of the Viet Minh Inter-Provincial Department of Cao Bang - Bac Kan (from issue 129 to issue 186), and then of the Viet Minh Inter-Provincial Department of Cao Bang, Bac Kan and Lang Son (from issue 187 to issue 225).
After the success of the August Revolution in 1945, the Independent Vietnam Newspaper continued to publish, serving as the mouthpiece of the three provinces of Cao Bang , Bac Kan and Lang Son. During the period from 1946 to 1954, the newspaper was the propaganda agency of the Cao Bang Viet Minh Provincial Committee and the Cao Bang Lien Viet Provincial Association. In July 1956, the newspaper was transferred to the Viet Bac Autonomous Region and became the propaganda agency of the Lien Viet Front of the Viet Bac Autonomous Region.
The Vietnam Independence Newspaper is displayed at the Pac Bo special national relic site. Photo: VNA
Each issue had only a few pages but the language was simple, easy to understand, and coherent. President Ho Chi Minh always focused on writing in a way that was close to the masses, concise, and concise, using rhymes, easy-to-understand examples, caricatures, folk songs, etc. to propagate the Viet Minh's national salvation line, and to effectively encourage the people to rise up against French colonialism and Japanese fascism. The newspaper truly became a call for the entire nation to rise up and fight for independence and freedom.
Journalist Hoang Hong Xiem (Cao Bang Newspaper) shared that when she saw with her own eyes the first issue of the Vietnam Independence Newspaper published on August 1, 1941, numbered 101 and displayed at the Pac Bo National Special Relic Site Exhibition House, she understood more clearly the role of the Vietnamese revolutionary press in paving the way and guiding the Party's policies to the people. From a small newspaper printed in the middle of Pac Bo forest, the Vietnam Independence Newspaper actively contributed to promoting the Viet Minh movement to spread throughout Viet Bac, down to the lowlands, mobilizing and enlightening the people to unite, preparing the conditions for the victory of the August Revolution in 1945.
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