(HBO) – Visiting Muong Khoi commune in Lac Son district of Hoa Binh province in August, we recalled the revolutionary days 72 years ago. Making a tour around the site with Bui Minh Duc, former Secretary of the An Nghia communal Party Committee and member of the communal Veteran Association, we knew more about major historical events at the site as well as the patriotism of the soldiers, that greatly contributed to the victory of the August Revolution in 1945.
Bui Minh Duc, former Secretary of An Nghia commune’s Party Committee and member of the communal Veteran Association introduces to youngsters the copper cooker to cook rice for soldiers during the August Revolution in 1945.
Former Muong Khoi comprised Hoai An and Hieu Nghia communes, which is now An Nghia and Tan My communes in the northeastern of Lac Son district. It was chosen as a revolutionary base to prepare for the uprising to seize power. A partisan platoon led by Quach Ruong was formed in Muong Khoi at that time. The troop with primitive weapons kept on training days and nights to be ready for uprising. The provincial Party Delegation chose the place to open a military training course for 12 youngsters of Vu Ban and 40 others of Hoai An and Hieu Nghia.
Bui Minh Duc said that in July 1945, Vuong Thua Vu and Bach Dang Phong chose Lot hamlet and the house of Bui Van Khuynh as a the location to open a course to train key officials of Son La, Hoa Binh, Ha Nam, Ha Dong, Son Tay, Nam Dinh, Thai Binh, Ninh Binh provinces and Hanoi, improving their political and defence knowledge and skills to encourage the community to build the base, as well as experience in directing the uprising.
Cuu quoc (national savage) groups in Vu Ban and Muong Khoi exerted every efforts to care for and protect officials joining the course when the nation was suffering the severe hunger in 1945.
Locals and Cuu quoc groups in Muong Khoi completed the tasks assigned by the Party, which showed the solidarity and revolutionary spirit of the whole nation in fighting the French colonists.
Throughout the night of August 19, 1945, locals lit torches and joined soldiers to sing revolutionary songs. Amidst the public’s magnanimous revolutionary spirit in the base, the lackeys under French domination in Hoai An and Hieu Nghia were too frightened, so many of them voluntarily handed over food, foodstuff and copper seals to the revolution.
On August 20, 1945, soldiers and locals in Muong Khoi coordinated with Cuu quoc groups and locals in Vu Ban conducted uprising. District chief Quach Ham surrendered and handed over all documents and seals to the revolution.
On August 21, 1945, nearly 50 partisans and hundreds of locals in Muong Khoi base and Vu Ban town upheld the red flag with the yellow star in the middle, and headed to Hoa Binh town on road 12A to join with forces in Cao Phong-Thach Yen and Tu Ly-Hien Luong revolutionary bases to launch an attack, seizing power on August 23, 1945.
Bui Van Dan, Chairman of the An Nghia commune People’s Committee said that as part of efforts to inherit and promote the patriotism tradition of the homeland, the commune’s Party Committee and government have effectively implemented socio-economic tasks and targets.
Economic growth of the commune in the first six months of 2017 reached 9.3 percent, with per capita income hitting 17.6 million VND, and poverty ratio reducing to 10.7 percent. Currently, An Nghia has fulfilled 13 out of 19 criteria for a new-style rural area.
In the afternoon of December 17, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized a summary and awarding ceremony for the Online Competition on preventing and controlling the Family Violence in 2024.
Implementing the Resolution of the 17th Provincial Party Congress to reach a health insurance coverage rate of 95% or more of the population, the Women's Union at all provincial levels has deployed the creative models and methods and effectively replicated them. These activities not only contribute to completing the social security goals, but they also spread the spirit of solidarity and sharing in the community.
Hoa Binh is carried out investment projects to upgrade three district medical centres in Lac Son and Yen Thuy districts and Hoa Binh city. The projects are funded by the central budget under the Economic and Social Recovery and Development Programme, aiming to improve healthcare services. The goal is to gradually develop a system of modern and quality district-level healthcare facilities.
To improve the cultural and spiritual life of the elderly, the associations for the elderly at various levels in Hoa Binh province have created many interesting and meaningful activities, attracting the participation of a large number of old people. These activities provide opportunities for them to improve both their physical and mental health, enabling them to live happily and healthily.
The pilot programme for sending Vietnamese workers to the Republic of Korea (RoK) for seasonal agricultural jobs continues under a collaboration between localities of the two countries, running for five years from January 1, 2022.
Staff of the Red Cross Society of Hoa Binh province were deeply moved by a meaningful and humanitarian act by Mr Vu Huu Lung, 86, in Hoa Binh city, to donate his corneas, which brought hopes to those yearning for the light. Before passing away, Lung left behind a noble wish to donate all of his organs, including his corneas, to help patients suffering from blindness and those in need of organ transplants to revive their lives.
