An exhibition “Happiness road, now and then” celebrating the 50thanniversary of the road’s construction opened in the northernmountainous province of Ha Giang on March 10.
Ondisplay are 113 photos, 72 artefacts and 11 merit certificates honouring2,500 young volunteers who helped build the 160-kilometre roadconnecting downtown Ha Giang and Dong Van and Meo Vac districts.
The road leads to Ma Pi Leng pass in the globally recognised karstplateau Dong Van where volunteers roped themselves to the rock cliffsduring the dangerous 11-month building process that led to the death of11 workers.
The volunteers came from the northernprovinces of Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Lang Son, Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang, HaGiang, Hai Duong and Nam Dinh in 1959 and spent six years building theroad.
The event, which runs to the end of thismonth, also presented an occasion to introduce the history of the roadand natural beauty of Ha Giang to visitors at home and abroad.-VNA
Ondisplay are 113 photos, 72 artefacts and 11 merit certificates honouring2,500 young volunteers who helped build the 160-kilometre roadconnecting downtown Ha Giang and Dong Van and Meo Vac districts.
The road leads to Ma Pi Leng pass in the globally recognised karstplateau Dong Van where volunteers roped themselves to the rock cliffsduring the dangerous 11-month building process that led to the death of11 workers.
The volunteers came from the northernprovinces of Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Lang Son, Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang, HaGiang, Hai Duong and Nam Dinh in 1959 and spent six years building theroad.
The event, which runs to the end of thismonth, also presented an occasion to introduce the history of the roadand natural beauty of Ha Giang to visitors at home and abroad.-VNA
