Long An: Regional Party Committee Base

The Southern Regional Party Committee and the Southern Resistance Administrative Committee (1946-1949) were located on both banks of the Duong Van Duong and Nam Ngan canals in the communes of Tan Hoa, Nhon Ninh, Tan Ninh, Nhon Hoa Lap, Hau Thanh Dong, and Hau Thanh Tay, Tan Thanh district, Long An province.

This area is located in the heart of the Dong Thap Muoi region, 60km northwest of Tan An city. It was one of the three most important revolutionary bases in Southern Vietnam during the nine-year resistance war against the French. From 1946–1949, the Southern Regional Party Committee, the Southern Resistance Administrative Committee, the Command Headquarters, and its subordinate agencies chose this location as their base to lead the resistance against the French colonialists' re-invasion throughout Southern Vietnam. This area also marks the revolutionary activities of high-ranking Party leaders, prominent politicians , and military figures in Vietnamese revolutionary history such as Ton Duc Thang, Le Duan, Pham Van Bach, Pham Hung, Nguyen Binh, Huynh Tan Phat, and Tran Van Tra…

The Southern Regional Party Committee and Resistance Administrative Committee Base (1946-1949) was inaugurated on August 19, 2017, with a total investment of approximately 130 billion VND and built on a plot of land about 3 hectares in size. Currently, this facility is located in Bui Thang hamlet, Nhon Hoa Lap commune, Tan Thanh district, Long An province.

After the August Revolution of 1945, patriotic Vietnamese people, answering the call of their homeland, went to the Đồng Tháp Mười swamps, determined to fight the French to the end. From late 1945 to late 1949, the Dương Văn Dương canal area served as the headquarters of various levels of leadership: the Regional Party Committee, the Southern Administrative Resistance Committee, the Southern Command, the Command of Zone 8, and various departments under the Administrative Resistance Committee. It was also the base of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Administrative Resistance Committee, and the Provincial Military Command of several provinces in the Đồng Tháp Mười region. It could be said that "the whole of Southern Vietnam was in Đồng Tháp Mười." The Đồng Tháp Mười base was where revolutionary forces were built, developed, and distributed to the zones and provinces… From mid-1946, the Đồng Tháp Mười war zone gradually became a nerve center, a center of resistance in Southern Vietnam, with the Dương Văn Dương canal area becoming the backbone of the war zone.

The area around the DVD Center has witnessed countless significant historical events of the nation, including the Southern Regional Party Congress, the first broadcast of the Southern Radio Station, the screening of the first documentary film about the country's cinematic revolution, and numerous famous battles that struck fear into the hearts of the invading colonialists. High-ranking Party leaders such as Ton Duc Thang, Le Duan, Hoang Quoc Viet, Ung Van Khiem, Pham Hung, and Tran Van Tra lived and worked here, leading the revolution in the South to complete victory. The names of the places, villages, and canals here were once operational areas and are associated with the glorious victories of the heroic 307th and 309th Battalions, and the 120th and 105th Regiments.