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Headquarters Relic The Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association , where Uncle Ho conducted revolutionary activities in Guangzhou, is located at 248 and 250 Van Minh Street, Viet Tu District, Guangzhou. China .

The Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association headquarters relic preserves many valuable photos and documents about the revolutionary life of President Ho Chi Minh and previous revolutionary activists. (Photo: VNA)

At house numbers 248 and 250 on Van Minh Street, Viet Tu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province (China) there are two three-story brick and wood houses.

This is the relic of the headquarters of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association (the predecessor of the Communist Party of Vietnam ), where President Ho Chi Minh revolutionary activities in Guangzhou.

This is also an important place witnessing the friendship between China and Vietnam, and at the same time became the location chosen by General Secretary andPresident of Vietnam To Lam to begin his visit to China.

Time goes back 100 years. From November 1924 to May 1927, with the help of the Communist Party of China, it was here that President Ho Chi Minh, then known as Nguyen Ai Quoc, founded “Thanh Nien,” the first newspaper in Vietnam to propagate Marxism-Leninism, organize political training classes for Vietnamese youth, and make an important contribution to the birth and training of revolutionary cadres for the Communist Party of Vietnam.

In the early 20th century, the rising revolutionary situation in Guangzhou attracted many Vietnamese patriots to Guangzhou to work, Guangzhou became an important overseas base for Vietnamese revolutionaries.

In November 1924, as a member of the Communist International's Eastern Committee and a member of the Presidium of the Peasants' International, Nguyen Ai Quoc went from Moscow to Guangzhou under the pen name Ly Thuy and worked as an interpreter for Soviet advisor Borodin.

Relic of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association Headquarters at No. 248 and 250 on Van Minh Street, Viet Tu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province (China).

These two three-story brick and wood residential buildings on Van Minh Street in Guangzhou became the headquarters of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association headed by Nguyen Ai Quoc and the venue for the first and second phases of the Political Training Class for Vietnamese Youth.

Leader Nguyen Ai Quoc mainly worked during the day at Mr. Borodin's residence, but often went to Van Minh Street to teach students in the Vietnamese youth political training class, sometimes staying overnight there.

Early leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Chen Yannian... were also invited to give lectures here.

In 2008, the headquarters of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Guangdong province and opened to distinguished Vietnamese guests by appointment.

From 2022 to 2023, cultural departments and branches renovated this relic and planned to display artifacts about "President Ho Chi Minh in Guangzhou" on the old relic site.

On March 26, 2024, the relic of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association officially opened to the public and has so far welcomed nearly 20,000 visitors.

The exhibition area “President Ho Chi Minh in Guangzhou” is 240 square meters wide, displaying 154 artifacts, realistically recreating scenes such as President Ho Chi Minh’s bedroom, the meeting room of the headquarters of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association, the classroom of the Vietnam Youth Political Training Class, the printing room of the “Thanh Nien” newspaper, the dormitory for students...

Many delegations of Vietnamese officials and senior leaders have also visited this relic.

According to the introduction, the relic of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association headquarters mainly restores the scene of 99 years ago based on the memories of descendants of Vietnamese patriots and the memories of Hoang Nam, who personally experienced that historical period.

Hoang Nam, also known as Ly Tri Thong, was one of eight Vietnamese teenagers brought to Guangzhou by the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association. He was the son of the anti-French patriot Nguyen Ong Tuan.

At that time, after President Ho Chi Minh contacted the Guangdong District Party Committee and the Communist Party of China, Hoang Nam was able to study for free at the Primary School affiliated to Guangdong University and often visited the old relic site.

After visiting the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association Headquarters, General Secretary and President To Lam wrote in the memorial book: “The delegation of the Party and State of Vietnam was deeply moved to visit the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association Headquarters - where beloved President Ho Chi Minh spent his revolutionary years, where the first generations of loyal communists of Vietnam were trained, where the impartial and pure international communist sentiments and the traditional friendship, solidarity, and closeness, 'both comrades and brothers' between the two Parties, the two countries and the peoples of Vietnam and China will forever be green and everlasting.”

The relic of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association headquarters is a testament to the long-standing tradition of friendship between the two Parties and two countries, Vietnam and China.

In November 1971, Premier Zhou Enlai and then Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Van Dong visited this relic site.

Later, other Vietnamese leaders such as Do Muoi, Le Kha Phieu, Tran Duc Luong and Nguyen Phu Trong also visited this revolutionary historical site.

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