Hue City History Museum is currently located at 268 Dien Bien Phu. Photo: Chau Le

From choosing Vinh Giang as the location of the Provincial Party Committee

The artifacts and historical relics are like messengers from the past, carrying stories, confidences, and memories about the people and land of Hue through different historical periods. Today, those artifacts and relics continue their mission of telling stories about the resilient, intelligent, and creative struggle of the army and people of Hue City.

In February 1942, comrade Nguyen Chi Thanh escaped from Buon Ma Thuot prison and returned to contact with grassroots party organizations in the province. In July 1942, seeing the positive and strong changes in the party cells, comrade Nguyen Chi Thanh (as the previous provisional Provincial Party Secretary) convened a conference at Vinh Tu lagoon (Quang Dien) to disseminate the Resolution of the 8th Conference of the Party Central Committee "On the establishment of the Viet Minh Front, putting the issue of national liberation first, issuing a resolution to gather the masses, and establish the Viet Minh Front at all levels" [1].

The conference elected the provisional Provincial Party Executive Committee consisting of 5 comrades: Comrade Nguyen Vinh (Nguyen Chi Thanh), Le Minh, Le Hai, Tran Ba Song, Hoang Tien, with comrade Nguyen Vinh as Secretary. After that, provisional district committees were established one after another and gradually began to operate effectively, especially Phu Loc District Committee directed and participated in many exciting revolutionary activities and became a locality with a solid revolutionary base in the province (with Nghi Giang Party Cell operating at comrade Le Minh's house). Realizing the favorable operating conditions, comrade Nguyen Chi Thanh and his comrades in the Executive Committee decided to move the headquarters to Vinh Giang commune (now Vinh Loc commune). The house of comrade Le Minh [2] in Nghi Giang village, Vinh Giang commune (old) was used as the headquarters of the provisional Thua Thien Hue Provincial Party Committee from 1942 to 1945.

The reason why Vinh Giang was chosen as the temporary provincial Party Committee office was because the traffic here was convenient, especially by waterway. From here, it was possible to travel by river to Cau Hai lagoon to ferry terminals such as Truoi, Da Bac, Vinh Hien, and to Tu Hien seaport very conveniently. By road, there was an inter-commune road (now National Highway 49B) passing through the commune center, to train stations, bus stations, and wharfs such as Nong, Truoi, Da Bac, Cau Hai, Nuoc Ngot, Thua Luu, Lang Co, Bach Ma, to Hue... convenient for grasping the situation, traveling easily, escaping to the mountains quickly and safely.

To the house of comrade Le Minh as headquarters

Speaking of comrade Le Minh's house, this is like many other houses used as a place to live and work for the family, built by his grandfather, Mr. Le Tu Dat, around the 18th century. In the house there are items such as tables, chairs, cabinets, sofas, rosewood beds, beds and other household items. The provisional provincial party committee of Thua Thien Hue was established in extremely difficult conditions, without facilities and equipment to work, and had to operate secretly, so this house was chosen as the headquarters of the provisional provincial party committee from 1942 to 1945.

Since 1942, the house has become a meeting place to discuss plans for printing documents for distribution to the bases, the newspapers “Chasing the enemy”, “For the country”, “For the people”, leaflets, and the Party Charter were also printed from this house [3]. At the same time, this is the liaison office, the place connecting the activities of the Central Region Party Committee with the provinces and cities, and is also the place marking the years of activities and directing the revolutionary movement of comrade Nguyen Chi Thanh.

During those years of activity, there are still precious souvenirs and household items that witnessed the activities of communist party members and loyal revolutionary soldiers of the provisional Provincial Party Committee such as: lamps, pots, bamboo tubes, coats, suits...

Having gone through many historical ups and downs, the house of comrade Le Minh - the headquarters of the provisional Provincial Party Committee of Thua Thien Hue in the period of 1942 - 1945 and the artifacts still preserved at the relic are strong evidence for the operation of the Provincial Party Committee. It was from this house that the instructions and policies of the Central Party Committee in general and the Provincial Party Committee in particular contributed to timely directing the revolutionary movement in Thua Thien Hue. The activities of the Provincial Party Committee during its stay here laid the foundation for organizing the Provincial Conference of Cadres at Cau Hai Lagoon, deciding to establish the Viet Minh Nguyen Tri Phuong, deciding to revolt and seize power in the August Revolution of 1945 and in the two resistance wars against France and the US.

[1] ) Phu Loc District Party Executive Committee, History of Phu Loc District Party Committee (1930 - 1975), National Political Publishing House, Hanoi, 1998. Page 68.

[2] He was born and raised in his hometown Vinh Giang commune, Phu Loc, Thua Thien Hue (now Vinh Loc commune, Hue city); joined the revolution in 1936, joined the Party in 1938. From the 1940s, he was one of the key figures participating in the historic Cau Hai lagoon conference that decided on the General Uprising in the August Revolution of 1945 in Thua Thien Hue.

[3] According to comrade Le Cuong - younger brother of comrade Le Minh

Duc Loc - Mai An

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