Relics tell the story of fighting the enemy

The revolutionary relic House and Bunker D67 is located in the grounds of the Kinh Thien Palace relic, part of the world heritage site of Thang Long Imperial Citadel, where the Politburo and the Central Military Commission made many decisions associated with the plan for the General Offensive and Uprising in the Spring of 1975, leading to the liberation of the South and the reunification of the country.

Affirming the historical and revolutionary value of House and Bunker D67, Professor, Dr. Nguyen Quang Ngoc, Vice President of the Vietnam Historical Science Association, emphasized that this is a simple military architectural work but has very high usage value. House and Bunker D67 is one of the valuable military cultural relics of the Ho Chi Minh era in the 20th century.

In 1966, the US began using air force to bomb the capital Hanoi. In 1967, the level of bombing became increasingly fierce. To ensure the working place of the General Headquarters during the war, the Ministry of National Defense decided to build a house in Area A, Hanoi Citadel (now Thang Long Imperial Citadel). The house was designed in 1967 and is called House D67. In the relic of House D67, there are meeting rooms of the Politburo and the Central Military Commission; the offices of General Vo Nguyen Giap and General Van Tien Dung. Bunker D67 (also known as the Central Military Commission bunker) is 9m deep and was solidly built to withstand bombs. The bunker door is made of steel plates. The bunker has 3 staircases up and down. The southern staircase connects to the Dragon House, the two northern staircases connect to House D67. This is the meeting place of the Politburo and the Central Military Commission when necessary, and is an important part of the structure of House D67.

International guests visit meeting room House D67.

In the book "Collection of Memoirs" of General

Vo Nguyen Giap (People's Army Publishing House, 2000, page 1,225), he wrote: "The flat-roofed house hidden under the dense foliage of trees with solid working basements, where many secret meetings of the Politburo and the Central Military Commission had taken place, today witnessed a historical event of decisive significance. For the last time, the Party's will and intelligence were highly concentrated, planning and plotting, determined to win total victory".

During the historic spring campaign of 1975, many important meetings of the Politburo and the Central Military Commission took place at House D67. With the spirit of: “Fast, faster, bolder, bolder, seize every hour and minute, rush to the front, liberate the South. Determined to fight and determined to win” (telegram of General Vo Nguyen Giap to the entire army, April 7, 1975), our entire army and people advanced to the final victory. At noon on April 30, 1975, comrades in the Politburo, the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, and the General Staff received the news of the liberation of the South in boundless joy. Everyone rushed into the yard of the “Dragon House” to rejoice, moved to tears.

Along with the ancient architectural works of Thang Long Imperial Citadel, the system of revolutionary resistance relics is an integral part of this heritage site. The D67 House and Bunker relics were restored and opened to visitors in 2004. Each artifact here recalls a difficult and glorious time of a heroic nation.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification; the 135th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday, the Thang Long-Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center has chosen the revolutionary relic House and Tunnel D67 as the venue for the exhibition "The Road to Reunification". According to Mr. Nguyen Thanh Quang, Director of the Thang Long-Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center: On this occasion, the Center has implemented a plan to comprehensively renovate the relic House and Tunnel D67, researched the restoration of the original color of the relic; initially implemented the project "Application of information technology to interpret the revolutionary relic House and Tunnel D67". During the implementation of the project, the story "House and Tunnel D67, the journey to total victory" was interpreted using modern technology, meeting the needs of learning and increasing the experience of visitors, especially young people, when visiting the Thang Long Imperial Citadel heritage site.

Source: https://www.qdnd.vn/van-hoa/doi-song/di-tich-ke-chuyen-danh-giac-826771