Awarding provincial historical relic ranking certificates to 02 relics in Vung Liem district

On the morning of February 26, 2025, in Vung Liem town, Vinh Long province, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism coordinated with the People's Committee of Vung Liem district to organize the ceremony to award the provincial-level historical relic ranking certificate to 02 relics in Vung Liem district: Nam Ky Uprising Monument Park; Statue of General Le Can - Nguyen Giao and Vung Linh Lake.

Attending the event were comrades: Leaders of provincial departments, branches, sectors and unions; Leaders of Vung Liem district and Vung Liem town, together with students and union members of secondary and high schools in Vung Liem town.

The monument of the Southern Uprising Monument Park; the monument of the General Le Can - Nguyen Giao and Ho Vung Linh is located at the An Nhon intersection, Vung Liem town, Vung Liem district, Vinh Long province. The monument was built by the Party Committee and the People of Vinh Long province to commemorate and honor the indomitable will and heroic spirit of the national heroes who bravely stood up to lead the people in the resistance war against the invaders. The monument is the place that marks two typical and outstanding events of the heroic Vinh Long people.

Mr. Phan Van Giau - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Mr. Tran Quoc Hop - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of Vung Liem District Party Committee awarded certificates of recognition to 02 relics.

The event of two national heroes Le Can and Nguyen Giao leading the insurgents to cleverly and bravely destroy the Vinh Tri district chief Ho Thien Thuc in November 1871 and the event of the two men using the "lure the tiger away from the mountain" strategy to destroy the Chief of Staff Alix Salicetti at Cau Vong on February 15, 1872. For the first time in the six provinces of Cochinchina, the people in plain clothes who had only been used to plowing and hoing all their lives, with rudimentary weapons lacking everything, but with their ardent patriotism and indomitable will to fight, they created a resounding victory, destroying the first French Chief of Staff in Vinh Long, causing a stir among the colonialists in Cochinchina at that time. The event had historical significance, strongly promoting the people's uprising movement, strengthening the belief in repelling the colonial invaders. The site also marks the crimes of the French colonialists and their henchmen on February 23, 1872, when the French colonialists sent troops to massacre hundreds of innocent people in the villages of Vinh Tri, around the location where Alix Salicetti was killed in retaliation for the defeat at Cau Vong.

The 1940 Southern Uprising was the first armed uprising in the province under the leadership of the Vinh Long Party Committee, bringing valuable lessons in the struggle for national liberation and creating a brilliant page in the revolutionary history of the Party Committee and the people of Vinh Long province, in which Vung Liem was one of the typical localities that won, causing a great resonance in the Southern region at that time. The entire district had a population of more than 40,000 people, nearly 18,500 people participated in the Southern Uprising, including the mark of comrade Vo Van Kiet. In 1940, comrade Vo Van Kiet was a member of the District Party Committee, Secretary of Trung Hiep commune, he participated in commanding a wing of the army to capture Bac Nuoc Xoay, contributing to the victory of the Southern Uprising in Vung Liem district.

The Nam Ky Uprising Monument Park was built at the site of the Nam Ky Uprising in 1940 to record the event and preserve the cradle of resistance, the pride of the revolutionary tradition of the homeland of Vung Liem; to propagate and educate about the indomitable spirit full of heroism and glorious memories in the history of fighting against foreign invaders of our ancestors with the content of the stele written by Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet.

The Nam Ky Uprising Monument Park; the Le Can – Nguyen Giao Monument and Vung Linh Lake are places that preserve for posterity a series of historical events with heroic stories and invaluable lessons about the indomitable and heroic spirit of our people in the fight against foreign invaders. This is a place that contributes to propagating and educating the younger generation about the heroic revolutionary struggle tradition of our ancestors, about the love for the homeland for today’s and future generations./.

News and photos: Xuan Giang - Hoang Van

Source: https://svhttdl.vinhlong.gov.vn/Default.aspx?tabid=11955&ID=273168