100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF JOURNALIST AND DIPLOMAT LY VAN SAU (November 5, 1924 - November 5, 2024): Always remember journalist Ly Van Sau

Thang Newspaper - Khanh Hoa Newspaper has gone through more than 77 years of formation, construction and development. Throughout that journey, the affection and gratitude of generations of Khanh Hoa Newspaper employees towards the predecessors who laid the foundation for the newspaper has remained the same. Along with Mr. Nguyen Minh Vy (real name Ton That Vy), Vo Van Sung, Nguyen Sung (poet Giang Nam)..., the name of journalist Ly Van Sau will always be remembered, a shining example for Khanh Hoa Newspaper employees today and tomorrow to follow.

Journalist Ly Van Sau. (Photo courtesy)

Thang Newspaper - where journalist Ly Van Sau's journalism career began

In mid-April 1946, Khanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee held an expanded conference in Dai Dien Dong village (Dien Dien commune, Dien Khanh district) and issued a resolution on publishing a newspaper of the provincial Party Committee, named Bao Thang. The name of the newspaper expressed the determination to defeat all invaders, the revolutionary spirit of the army and people of Khanh Hoa at that time. "No one doubted that in this resistance war, we would definitely win, and if we named the newspaper "Nhat Thang" it would be too long, so in the end we chose Thang" (quoted from Mr. Nguyen Minh Vy in the book We Make Khanh Hoa Newspaper). After a year of preparation, on April 26, 1947, Bao Thang published its first issue in Hon Du war zone (Khanh Vinh district). At first, the team working on Bao Thang had only 5 people: Mr. Nguyen Minh Vy - former Chairman of the Administrative Resistance Committee of Khanh Hoa province, Editor-in-Chief of Bao Thang; Mr. Ly Van Sau - responsible for the content and considered the editor-in-chief of Thang Newspaper; Messrs. Nguyen Xuan Am, Le Han, Huynh Than responsible for layout, printing, and storage of materials for Thang Newspaper. A few months after the first issue was published, Thang Newspaper was supplemented with Messrs. Vo Van Sung and Nguyen Sung.

Journalist Ly Van Sau (5th from left) takes a souvenir photo with leaders of Khanh Hoa Newspaper during a visit to the editorial office. (Photo courtesy)

As the content manager for Bao Thang, Mr. Ly Van Sau took the first steps on the path to becoming a great journalist of the country. In the early days of working for Bao Thang, journalist Ly Van Sau collected information from Vietnamese, English, French radio stations and from local reports to write and report. At the same time, he was also the person who directly edited the news and articles of others. Later, when talking about those unforgettable days, journalist Ly Van Sau still kept beautiful memories for himself: “To make Bao Thang, in addition to the efforts of the journalism team, there was also the effort of compatriots who loved the revolution. The stone stele was taken from Dien Khanh and carried up the mountain; white paper, printing ink and printing rollers were purchased and sent up by establishments in Nha Trang city. The paper had to be bought in parts, not in large quantities at once; many women had to tie the paper to their thighs and use rope to pass through guard posts without being detected by the enemy. Gasoline was collected and put in bamboo tubes and carried up to the war zone to run the generator to collect news for the newspaper… The printed newspaper was then transported back to the districts and Nha Trang. The birth of Bao Thang was a great effort, not by one or a group of people, but by dozens, hundreds of people with and without names, the result of a sophisticated and effective organizational system, from the war zone to the countryside, to the city and vice versa. again…” (quoted from journalist Ly Van Sau in the book We Work for Khanh Hoa Newspaper).

On November 1, in Hanoi, the Vietnam Journalists Association will organize a discussion and exhibition on the theme: Journalist and diplomat Ly Van Sau - A loyal heart. This is an activity towards the 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1925 - June 21, 2025); the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam Journalists Association (April 21, 1950 - April 21, 2025) and the 100th anniversary of the birth of journalist and diplomat Ly Van Sau (November 5, 1924 - November 5, 2024). The discussion is an opportunity to pay tribute to the contributions and dedication of journalist and diplomat Ly Van Sau - a talented, enthusiastic, virtuous and emotional person.

Immediately after the newspaper Thang was born, it received the love, acceptance and protection of all classes of people in the whole province. The spiritual and material encouragement of people from urban to rural areas encouraged the people of Thang Newspaper so that from issue to issue, journalist Ly Van Sau and his "team" diligently brought useful information, to encourage patriotism, strengthen people's belief in the Party, in Uncle Ho and their determination to fight against French colonialism. Thanks to their contributions to the newspaper Thang, journalist Ly Van Sau and two men Huynh Than and Le Han were considered by the organization to become official party members before the end of their probationary period. For Mr. Ly Van Sau, this was a special reward that the organization gave him in his journey on the revolutionary path. It can be seen that journalist Ly Van Sau was a great contributor to the formation of Thang Newspaper - the predecessor of Khanh Hoa Newspaper today. It was also from Bao Thang that the portrait of a journalist named Ly Van Sau, who was enthusiastic and loved his job, began to be created. Later, even though he held high positions in major press agencies of the Party and the State, journalist Ly Van Sau still had deep affection for Khanh Hoa Newspaper.

Proud to follow in the footsteps of journalist Ly Van Sau

History has passed for decades, but now every time we mention the story of "Three Khanh Hoa", we still feel the interest, the meaning, the deep affection of the three men Ly Van Sau - Nguyen Minh Vy - Vo Van Sung. The story is told that from November 1968 to September 1973, journalist Ly Van Sau was a member and advisor of the delegation of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam at the Paris Conference on Vietnam. Here, with the ability to use many foreign languages ​​fluently, sharp thinking, humor, and the tone of a diplomat , the talented journalist helped "spokesman" Ly Van Sau to excellently complete the assigned task, making a good impression on the French and world media following the Paris Conference. Also at this important conference, journalist Ly Van Sau met again two comrades, friends, brothers from the days of working for Bao Thang, Mr. Nguyen Minh Vy, Vo Van Sung - members of the delegation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. During the days of participating in the conference in the capital of light, each person took on different jobs. Then, on the special day of January 27, 1973, the official signing ceremony of the Paris Agreement took place, the "trio" of reporters from Bao Thang were all present at this important event of the country. When the agreement ending the war of aggression against Vietnam by the US imperialists was signed, all three men were extremely excited and happy. After the signing ceremony, as soon as he stepped out of the meeting room, Mr. Nguyen Minh Vy hugged Mr. Ly Van Sau and Mr. Vo Van Sung and said: "The three of us from Khanh Hoa", meaning that all three people had worked together in the revolutionary base area of ​​Khanh Hoa province, and now met again on this happy day of the country. Later, when recounting the above story, Mr. Vo Van Sung said: "This reunion was not only of the three Khanh Hoa brothers meeting each other, but also of three former Thang Newspaper reporters meeting in the city of light."

When writing this article, we met journalist Luong Kien Dinh - former Editor-in-Chief of Khanh Hoa Newspaper, who had met Mr. Nguyen Minh Vy, Ly Van Sau, Vo Van Sung and he said: “For me, journalist Ly Van Sau left an impression of being a person who loved his job very much, always interested in the development of the newspaper. Every time we had the opportunity to go to Hanoi, we visited journalist Ly Van Sau to hear him tell his memories of the unforgettable years of working as a journalist in the Hon Du war zone and every time he was very excited to tell the stories as if it were yesterday. Later, when we sent Khanh Hoa Newspaper to journalist Ly Van Sau, he always read it very carefully, meticulously, with encouragement, as well as regularly contributed good ideas to improve and enhance the quality of the newspaper. Generations of Khanh Hoa Newspaper always continue the career of those who work for Thang Newspaper, that is the tradition of overcoming difficulties, loving the job, always wanting to develop the newspaper to serve the resistance war, serve "the work of building and renewing the country".

Journalist Ly Van Sau (9th from right) at a meeting of generations of Khanh Hoa Newspaper staff on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Khanh Hoa Newspaper's Traditional Day in 1997. (Photo courtesy)

Looking back over nearly 80 years, today, Khanh Hoa Newspaper has comprehensively innovated and developed rapidly to keep up with current events and the socio-economic development of the province. Khanh Hoa Newspaper has become a relatively strong local Party newspaper in terms of force, content and form. In particular, in the era of technology 4.0, Khanh Hoa Newspaper is also a leading newspaper in digital transformation and innovation to meet the needs of readers. Proud of that, generations of Khanh Hoa Newspaper always remember those who laid the first foundation for Thang Newspaper in the war zone, as well as Khanh Hoa Newspaper today. For journalist Ly Van Sau, generations of Khanh Hoa Newspaper today and tomorrow always follow his example and learn from his love for the profession and dedication to the newspaper. That remembrance and gratitude are concretized by the constant efforts to develop Khanh Hoa Newspaper to become stronger and stronger, worthy of the trust of the Party Committee, government and people.

Journalist Ly Van Sau's real name is Nguyen Ba Dan, his hometown is Yen Nhan village, Nhan Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district (Nghe An province). He was born on November 5, 1924, in a family of patriotic Confucian scholars. At that time, he was studious, intelligent, bright and fortunately his family sent him to study until the second degree at the Hue National School. From a very early age, he was enlightened by Viet Minh cadres, so from the age of 20, he actively participated in revolutionary activities. In 1945, Mr. Ly Van Sau went to the South and was assigned by the organization to participate in the resistance at the Nha Trang - Khanh Hoa Front. During the resistance days in Khanh Hoa, he was assigned to be the Head of Khanh Hoa Information Service, then worked for Thang Newspaper. In early 1948, Mr. Ly Van Sau was sent by the organization to Quang Ngai to attend the Inter-Zone V information conference and attended a class directly assembled and taught by comrade Pham Van Dong. In 1949, he worked in Inter-zone 5 and was assigned the important responsibility of Director of the Southern Voice Radio Station (Inter-zone 5). Later, he was trusted by the organization to take on many different positions such as: Head of the Cultural Propaganda Department at the Central Reunification Committee; Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Television Station; Deputy Head of the Vietnam Radio and Television Commission and Editor-in-Chief of the Central Television Station (now Vietnam Television); Editor-in-Chief of the Voice of Vietnam Radio Station; Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Vietnam News Agency...

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