Ca Mau receives the Certificate of special national monument ranking for Ho Chi Minh Trail at sea - Ben Vam Lung

The People's Committee of Ca Mau province has just received the Certificate of ranking as a special national monument for the Ho Chi Minh Trail at sea at Vam Lung Wharf, Rach Goc town, Ngoc Hien district.

Vam Lung Wharf was one of the four main wharves receiving weapons from the North to the South during the years of the resistance war against America to save the country, creating the miracle of the Ho Chi Minh Trail at sea.

Leaders of Ca Mau province received the Prime Minister's Certificate of special national monument ranking of Ho Chi Minh Trail at sea - Ben Vam Lung, Ca Mau province, on the evening of April 24. (Source: Van Hoa Newspaper)

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Overseas Vietnamese are an important resource in the development process of Ho Chi Minh City.

After Dong Khoi in 1960, the revolutionary movement in the South grew strongly, the need for weapons support for the Southern battlefield grew, while land transportation routes were facing many difficulties.

Therefore, the Party Central Committee and President Ho Chi Minh decided to establish Group 759 (the predecessor of Brigade 125, Naval Region 2 today) with the task of researching and opening a strategic North-South military transport route by sea, organizing the transport of cadres, soldiers and weapons to support the revolution in the South.

After a period of preparation, on October 11, 1962, the first train of the "Unnumbered Train" codenamed "Phuong Dong 1" carrying 30 tons of weapons from Do Son wharf (Hai Phong) opened the way to the South.

On October 16, 1962, the ship Phuong Dong 1 commanded by Captain Le Van Mot and political commissar Bong Van Dia crossed thousands of nautical miles and safely arrived at Vam Lung port. This was the ship of the "Unnumbered Ships" that opened the strategic transport route in the East Sea - the Ho Chi Minh Trail at sea.

Vam Lung Wharf is associated with Unit 962, whose mission is to protect the safety of trains entering and leaving the wharf, secretly receive, hide weapons and transport weapons to Liberation Army units to serve in combat.

According to documents, of the 124 trains received by Group 962, the Ca Mau cluster ports received 76/124 trips, of which Vam Lung Wharf received 68 trips, with more than 4,300 tons of weapons and ammunition.

Therefore, Vam Lung Wharf is the wharf that welcomes the first ship of the "Ho Chi Minh Trail at sea" and is also the wharf that receives the most ships arriving on this legendary road.

Special national relic of Ho Chi Minh Trail at sea at Vam Lung Wharf. (Source: VNA)

To commemorate and honor the resounding, immortal feats of the unnumbered train, the noble sacrifices of the heroic soldiers and the people of Rach Goc and Tan An, the Party and the State decided to build the Ben Vam Lung Relic Site (in Xeo Mam Hamlet, Tan An Commune, Ngoc Hien District) with the following items: Ho Chi Minh Trail at Sea Statue, traditional document exhibition house and some related works.

With the great historical value of the Ho Chi Minh Trail at sea, on November 26, 2024, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 1473/QD-TTg ranking the Ho Chi Minh Trail at sea as a special national monument, including the main wharves: K15 Wharf - Hai Phong City, Vung Ro Wharf - Phu Yen Province, Loc An Wharf - Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province and Vam Lung Wharf - Ca Mau Province.

Source: https://baoquocte.vn/ca-mau-don-nhan-bang-xep-hang-di-tich-quoc-gia-dac-biet-duong-ho-chi-minh-tren-bien-ben-vam-lung-312386.html