Attending the ceremony were comrades: Huynh Thi Thuy Dung - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee; Nguyen Cong Thanh - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Tran Anh Tuan - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, along with leaders of the province, Tien Phuoc district, relatives of the participants in the Cay Coc struggle, and people from communes and towns in the district.
At the ceremony, Secretary of the District Party Committee Pham Van Doc, on behalf of the leaders of Tien Phuoc district, presented gifts to express gratitude to Vietnamese Heroic Mothers and relatives of families who participated in the Cay Coc struggle.
Reading a speech at the commemoration ceremony, Chairman of Tien Phuoc District People's Committee Tram Que Huong recalled the glorious past in the Cay Coc struggle. On July 21, 1954, the Geneva Agreement on the cessation of the Indochina war was signed, but the US imperialists set up the puppet government of Ngo Dinh Diem in South Vietnam, permanently dividing the country, turning South Vietnam into a new type of American colony. They declared the abolition of the agreement, no general election negotiations and blatantly terrorized, suppressed, and brutally killed cadres, party members and people.
During the 9 years of fighting against the French, Tien Phuoc became an area occupied by the French Union army with the intention of suppressing the revolution. The French Union army and the enemy came to take over, sending soldiers to occupy important positions, including at Cay Coc, the enemy sent Battalion 601 of Regiment 31 to station.
On September 27, 1954, the Nationalist Party forces in Tien Phuoc district came to arrest comrade Nguyen Thong, a party member and cadre of the resistance against the French in Tien Tho commune, and brought him to the house of Ngo Ngoc Huong for questioning. Upon hearing that comrade Thong had been arrested, the people of Cay Coc organized a struggle to demand his release. Faced with the strong fighting spirit of the people, Battalion 601 stationed in Tien Tho panicked and intervened, forcing the Nationalist Party forces to release comrade Nguyen Thong and return him home.
On September 29, 1954, the Kuomintang forces arrested comrade Nguyen Thong again. However, after only about an hour, the news of comrade Thong's arrest spread very quickly everywhere and a large number of people were present to fight and demand the enemy to comply with the Geneva Agreement, to fulfill the following demands: to ensure that people could travel and do business normally; to allow people to light lamps, make hay and thresh rice at night; and not to arrest and terrorize former resistance fighters in revenge.
At 9:00 a.m. on September 29, 1954, some people from Tam Ky went to Cay Coc market to beat drums and gongs to gather people around the market to fight. In the communes of Tien Phong, Tien My, Tien Ky, Tien Tho, Tien Lap, we could not stop the massive flow of people coming to Cay Coc market, so the fight still broke out.
More than 330 of our compatriots and loyal party members fell in the Cay Coc struggle in the last days of September 1954, a heinous crime committed by the invading American imperialists and their traitorous lackeys.
At the ceremony, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Tran Anh Tuan expressed his sincere gratitude to those who sacrificed their lives in the Cay Coc struggle. In today's life, the people of Tien Phuoc district in general and the people of Tien Tho commune in particular have promoted their heroic traditions, building their homeland and achieving many achievements. The whole district is striving to achieve the goal of building an advanced new rural district by the end of 2024.
Vice Chairman Tran Anh Tuan suggested that the Party Committee, government and people of Tien Phuoc district continue to promote the tradition of the revolutionary homeland, realize the aspiration to develop the homeland and achieve important achievements in all fields, and care for people's lives.
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