General Uprising rally at Hanoi Opera House Square on August 19, 1945. Photo: Archive
On an autumn day 78 years ago (August 19, 1945), under the leadership of the Party, the people of the whole country rose up to make the August Revolution of 1945, bringing our nation into the era of independence, freedom and socialism.
After the victory of the August Revolution in 1945, the entire Party, people and army continued to enter the 9-year resistance war against the French and 21 years against the Americans, achieving the great victory of April 30, 1975, unifying the country and bringing a prosperous and happy life to the people.
Years have passed, but the victory of the August Revolution (August 19, 1945) and National Day (September 2, 1945) will always be a shining mark in the history of the struggle for national liberation and in the hearts of every Vietnamese person.
The August Revolution of 1945 succeeded, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was born.
In 1858, French colonialists fired the first shots to invade our country. On February 3, 1930, the Communist Party of Vietnam was born, leading the people of the whole country to rise up against colonialism and imperialism, and gain independence for the nation. Under the leadership of the Party, revolutionary movements took place throughout the country with great enthusiasm.
On March 9, 1945, the Japanese fascists staged a coup to oust the French. That very night, the Central Committee's expanded meeting decided to launch a climax. In March 1945, the Party Central Committee issued the Directive "Japan and France are fighting each other and our actions". In April 1945, the Central Committee convened the Northern Revolutionary Military Conference, decided on many important issues, and unified the armed forces into the Vietnam Liberation Army.
In August 1945, the Party's National Conference held in Tan Trao (Tuyen Quang) affirmed: "A very good opportunity for us to gain independence has come" and decided to launch a nationwide uprising to seize power from the Japanese fascists and their henchmen before the Allies entered Indochina.
Under the leadership of the Party and President Ho Chi Minh, the people of the whole country simultaneously carried out a general uprising to seize power. Within just 15 days at the end of August 1945, the General Uprising achieved complete victory, and the power throughout the country was in the hands of the people.
On September 2, 1945, at Ba Dinh Square (Hanoi), President Ho Chi Minh, on behalf of the provisional government, solemnly read the Declaration of Independence , declaring to the nation and the world: The Democratic Republic of Vietnam was born (now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam).
August Revolution 1945 in Tay Ninh
On August 19, 1945, the August Revolution won in Hanoi. Meanwhile, in Tay Ninh, the Viet Minh Front promptly led the masses to distribute leaflets with slogans "Down with the puppet government of Tran Trong Kim", "Support the Viet Minh Front" and called for preparations for an uprising to seize power.
On August 23, 1945, upon hearing that Saigon was urgently preparing for an uprising to seize power, the Provincial Party Committee sent comrade Tran Kim Tan and female comrade Truong My Lan to contact the Regional Party Committee to request action instructions. Upon receiving instructions from the Regional Party Committee, the province appointed an Action Leadership Committee to seize power.
At about 2:00 p.m. on August 25, 1945, a delegation of cadres from Saigon brought the Regional Party Committee's directive to seize power to Tay Ninh. The provincial leadership convened an expanded conference consisting of members of the Action Leadership Committee and a number of core cadres to plan the seizure of power. The conference decided to mobilize a force of about 500 fully equipped people to break into the provincial governor's residence and occupy the offices.
As planned, a shock unit broke into the provincial governor's palace, took the guns of two guards and handed them over to the security force to occupy and protect order and safety in the provincial governor's palace area.
Everything was carried out quickly, without encountering any resistance from the enemy. The comrades in the Action Leadership Committee to seize power, along with a delegation of cadres, traveled from Saigon by car with a red flag with a yellow star to the provincial governor's palace. Provincial Governor Le Van Thanh was called out and asked to submit books, papers and hand over the government. Facing the revolutionary spirit, Provincial Governor Le Van Thanh replied: "We have prepared and are waiting for you."
The leadership of the action to seize power forced Provincial Governor Le Van Thanh to call the heads of the offices, and those who had weapons had to bring them (at this time, the self-defense force had already deployed and occupied the offices), and the revolutionary forces took away all the guns. The transfer of provincial government was completed on the night of August 25, 1945.
In just one day and night (August 25, 1945), the puppet government from the province to the district collapsed completely, and three days later, the commune governments were all in the hands of the people. The August General Uprising in Tay Ninh took place quickly and achieved complete victory. Along with the whole country, the August 1945 uprising to seize power in Tay Ninh achieved a brilliant victory.
From the time the first Party bases were established, which were the nucleus for the birth of the Provincial Party Committee (September 1944) to the uprising to seize power, the Party members had only 25 comrades, but the Party members all overcame challenges, trained in revolutionary struggles, always stayed close to the masses, propagated and enlightened the masses to stand in the revolutionary organization, created a large political army that rose up into a widespread movement throughout the province, and successfully revolted to seize power in the August Revolution.
After the victory of the August Revolution in 1945, the Party Committee, government, army and people of Tay Ninh continued to join the whole country in carrying out the 9-year long resistance war against the French. From the first gunshots at Suoi Sau (November 8, 1945) to the end of the resistance war (July 1954), the Tay Ninh battlefield was one of the most difficult places in the "hard-working but heroic East".
Then, during the 21 years of fighting against the US to save the country, the Party Committee, people and army of Tay Ninh had to face a more difficult and fierce war. Despite suffering much pain and loss, the Party Committee, people and army of Tay Ninh still overcame all dangers, hardships and sacrifices, together with the army and people of the whole country, to create the great victory on April 30, 1975.
After April 30, 1975, while the whole country was independent, started to overcome the consequences of war, and developed the economy and society, Tay Ninh had to continue to enter a new war, the war to protect the sovereignty of the southwestern border of the Fatherland. At the same time, helping the friendly country Cambodia escape the genocide caused by the reactionary Pol Pot group; supporting human and material resources to build Kampong Cham province (Cambodia) with all our heart and soul for 10 years (1979-1989).
Outstanding achievements of Tay Ninh Provincial Party Committee over 48 years of construction and development
After 1975, the province was liberated, the Party Committee, army and people of Tay Ninh started to build a new life from a very low starting point. The infrastructure was severely damaged, 60/73 communes in the province were completely devastated, more than 9,000 people were exposed to Agent Orange/dioxin. The whole province did not have any important irrigation works serving agricultural production; industrial activities were almost non-existent; the majority of the people lived in poverty, tens of thousands of policy beneficiaries needed care.
“Fire tests gold, hardship tests strength”, with the tradition of “Loyalty and resilience”, with the spirit of solidarity, dynamism, creativity, and efforts to overcome difficulties, the Party Committee, government, army and people of Tay Ninh have promoted the spirit of self-reliance and determination to both heal the wounds of war and strive to build the province.
Implementing the Party's innovation policy, the Provincial Party Committee in all terms has focused its intelligence, sought leadership policies, exploited and utilized potentials and advantages, correctly determined development strategies with appropriate roadmaps and steps, created breakthroughs, and brought Tay Ninh to continuous development, achieving many great and comprehensive achievements.
The province's gross regional domestic product (GRDP) has been increasing continuously. In 2022, for the first time in many years, 17/17 socio-economic targets of the province have met and exceeded the Provincial Party Committee's Resolution of the year. GRDP per capita in 2023 will reach 3,700 USD, 1.78 times higher than in 2015.
From a purely agricultural province, Tay Ninh has had quite good industrial growth, being among the leading localities in the country in solar power ( the province has put into operation the Dau Tieng Solar Power Plant Cluster with a total capital of 9,100 billion VND, making Tay Ninh one of the "capitals" of solar power in the country) .
From having no export items, in the period 2016 - 2020, Tay Ninh's export turnover reached 19 billion USD, an average increase of 10%/year; in 2022, the economic situation gradually recovered after the Covid-19 pandemic, export turnover reached 6.6 billion USD.
Enterprises are increasingly focusing on exporting refined goods and products, expanding export markets, especially finding new export markets. In the first 6 months of 2023, the total product in the area (GRDP) is estimated at VND 26,989 billion (2010 comparable prices), up 4.07% over the same period. Total social development investment capital reached VND 18,188 billion, up 9.8% over the same period; total state budget revenue reached VND 5,781 billion, reaching 52.6% of the estimate.
In 2022, Tay Ninh is one of the provinces with the highest investment attraction rate in the country, ranking 15th out of 63 provinces and cities. Domestic and foreign investment projects are an important resource to promote the province's socio-economic development.
Many large investors with national brands such as Sun Group, Vingroup, TTC Group... have had investment projects in Tay Ninh. The province has also inaugurated and put into use the cable car system to the top of Ba Den Mountain and auxiliary works, creating a solid foundation for Tay Ninh to turn tourism into a spearhead economic sector of the province by 2030.
The work of building new rural areas (NTM) has achieved positive results; 61/71 communes have met the new rural standards, according to the plan, by the end of the year, 65/71 communes have met the standards, of which 25 communes have met the advanced NTM standards, 3 communes have met the model NTM standards and 04 district-level units have met the standards/completed the task of building NTM.
Along with the economy, many outstanding achievements have been made in the cultural and social fields. The quality of medical examination and treatment, education and training, the movement of “All people unite to build a cultural life”, building grassroots cultural institutions, etc. continue to be widely implemented and achieve good results.
Social policies and national programs on job creation, hunger eradication and poverty reduction have been effectively implemented; Annually, job creation increases by over 16,000 workers. The results of the multidimensional poverty review in the province in 2022 are 1.09% (with 3,499 households), exceeding the target assigned by the Prime Minister to reduce the multidimensional poverty rate (from 0.1% -0.15%) (among the top 5 provinces with the lowest poverty rates in the country). The rate of population participating in health insurance is 90.25% of the total population of the province.
The work of national defense and security has been effectively directed by Party committees and authorities at all levels, in conjunction with the construction of defense zones, the building of a solid national defense posture and a solid people's security posture. The movement "All people protect national security" has been promoted, and many self-governing models of security and order have been replicated. Cooperation with border provinces of the Kingdom of Cambodia has been strengthened, and complicated issues that arise have been promptly handled, preventing "hot spots" from occurring on the border.
The work of building the Party and the political system has been comprehensively promoted, political capacity, thinking and leadership capacity have been enhanced. Party committees at all levels have focused on implementing the two tasks of "economic development as the center, Party building as the key", firmly upholding Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thought, focusing on implementing the Party's innovation policy, taking care of socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security; proactively selecting key tasks, innovating thinking, and being creative in deployment and implementation.
During the complicated developments of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee focused on leading, directing and mobilizing the entire political system and the entire population to effectively implement measures to prevent, combat and control the Covid-19 pandemic, while implementing measures to restore and develop the economy in the new normal conditions, protect people's health and safety, and stabilize people's lives; paying attention to supporting and paying more than 1,000 billion VND to more than 500,000 cases affected by Covid-19.
The 78th anniversary of the success of the August Revolution and the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is an opportunity for us to better understand the historical and practical values of the August Revolution; fully recognize the responsibility of today's generation in applying and developing the valuable lessons of the August Revolution, of the cause of building and defending the Fatherland over the past 78 years in the cause of promoting industrialization, modernization of the country and international integration, for the goal of a rich people, a strong country, democracy, equality and civilization; strive to achieve and exceed the development goals and targets set by the Resolution of the 11th Congress of the Tay Ninh Provincial Party Committee for the 2020-2025 term, contributing to the successful implementation of the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Party.
Hoang Tran (synthesis)
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