Memorial area of ​​late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet

Memorial area of ​​late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet

The memorial area of ​​Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet is also known by the familiar name of "Mr. Sau Dan's Garden" by the people of Vinh Long. The memorial area is located in Phong Thoi hamlet, Vung Liem town, Vinh Long province. Total area of ​​1.7 hectares includes items: Exhibition house, office, worship area, garden. The highlight of the monument is the memorial house and the Prime Minister's working house during his lifetime. The exhibition house has many documents, artifacts, and images that vividly demonstrate the Prime Minister's revolutionary activities. But the most impressive is the portrait of the late Prime Minister with a radiant smile hidden in the background of 15,000 photos about the Prime Minister's life and revolutionary career. Comrade Vo Van Kiet's real name is Phan Van Hoa, alias Sau Dan, born on November 23, 1922 in Trung Hiep commune, Vung Liem district, Vinh Long province, in a poor farmer family. Comrade Vo Van Kiet's life and career are closely linked to the heroic revolutionary struggle history of our Party and nation. When he was 16 years old, he became enlightened about the revolution, joined the anti-imperialist Youth movement and became a member of the Indochina Communist Party at the age of 17. When the Cochinchina uprising broke out, at the age of 18, he was assigned to be Secretary of Trung Hiep Commune Cell, District Party Committee member of Vung Liem District, leading the People's uprising to seize power in Vung Liem district capital. Although the uprising failed, during the revolutionary activities, he began to reveal the qualities of a great talent. As a provisional Provincial Party Committee member of Rach Gia province, he built revolutionary bases, trained military forces, expanded and developed the U Minh base to become the headquarters of the resistance command of the provinces. Southwestern region. When the French colonialists recaptured the South, as Political Commissioner of the Western Interprovincial Revolutionary Militia, comrade Vo Van Kiet was assigned to directly lead the resistance war against the French colonialists in the provinces of Rach Gia, Bac Lieu. After the Geneva Agreement (July 1954), comrade Vo Van Kiet was assigned by the Party to secretly stay in the South, working alongside comrade Le Duan - Secretary of the Party Committee, continuing to direct the southern revolutionary movement. . From the end of 1959 to the beginning of 1970, under the direction of the Party Committee of Region 4, headed by Secretary Vo Van Kiet, the soldiers and people of Saigon - Gia Dinh fought heroically and achieved many resounding victories to force the Emperor. The United States had to sign the Paris Agreement (January 1973) and withdraw its troops from the South. After the Paris Agreement, in his position as Standing Member of the Central Committee of the Southern Department, Secretary of the Regional Party Committee and Political Commissar of Military Region 9, comrade Vo Van Kiet directed the Regional Party Committee and the Military Region Command to make decisions. historical determination "Fight the enemy's encroachments, preserve the land and protect the people"; In the spring of 1975, during the campaign to liberate Saigon, as a member of the Special Party Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Campaign, he and the Campaign Command commanded five wings of troops to quickly enter the city. , coordinated with the People's uprising, forcing the Saigon government to surrender unconditionally, completing the cause of liberating the South and reunifying the country. After the country's reunification, as Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and then Secretary of the City Party Committee, you led the City to gradually stabilize. Later, in the positions of Chairman of the State Planning Committee, First Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, comrade always excellently complete the tasks assigned by the Party and People. Comrade Vo Van Kiet, 86 years old and 69 years old, has made great contributions to the glorious revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation. Comrade Vo Van Kiet's entire life of revolutionary activities was always devoted to the country, devoted to the people, lived simply and humbly, always putting the interests of the Party, the country, and the People first; is a typical and exemplary example of revolutionary ethics: diligence, frugality, integrity, integrity, public-mindedness, and impartiality; A true communist with a kind heart will forever be in the hearts of our people and international friends. Source: Vinh Long Electronic Newspaper

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