The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on Sept. 8 inaugurated a stele house in memory of its experiences prior to the Dien Bien Phu victory which put an end to the French presence in Vietnam.
The project has been built on the Khau Linh hill in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang, where VNA was headquartered during the 1952-54 period.
VNA General Director Tran Mai Huong said at the inauguration ceremony that the project bore a historic significance as it would hand down the glorious history of the nation’s only newswire from generation to generation.
“From this woodland, the VNA staff overcame numerous wartime difficulties to update audiences on domestic and international news items and photos every minute,” said the news agency leader.
He emphasised that with VNA’s regular supply of information, President Ho Chi Minh and other Party and Government leaders working in the remote Viet Bac (northern Vietnamese) revolutionary base had managed to closely follow domestic and international developments and make the right decisions.
Huong expressed thanks to local authorities and ethnic minority groups for their assistance to VNA staff during the wartime period - which was full of hardships - as well as in the recent construction of the memorial house.
In reply, Tran Ngoc Thuc, Vice Chairman of the Tuyen Quang People’s Committee, said it was a great honour for the province to house a revolutionary base, offices of the Party Central Committee, President Ho Chi Minh and other Government agencies, including the VNA, during the anti-French struggle for national salvation.
He also expressed a desire for further development of relations between the province and the VNA.
The stele house in memory of the VNA’s former office was located within the former Tan Trao revolutionary base, which has been turned into a site of historic interest.
The project, covering 57 sq. m., has been built with financial contributions by VNA staff.
The VNA relics were recognised by the Ministry of Culture and Information (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) as a national site of relics in 2001./.
The project has been built on the Khau Linh hill in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang, where VNA was headquartered during the 1952-54 period.
VNA General Director Tran Mai Huong said at the inauguration ceremony that the project bore a historic significance as it would hand down the glorious history of the nation’s only newswire from generation to generation.
“From this woodland, the VNA staff overcame numerous wartime difficulties to update audiences on domestic and international news items and photos every minute,” said the news agency leader.
He emphasised that with VNA’s regular supply of information, President Ho Chi Minh and other Party and Government leaders working in the remote Viet Bac (northern Vietnamese) revolutionary base had managed to closely follow domestic and international developments and make the right decisions.
Huong expressed thanks to local authorities and ethnic minority groups for their assistance to VNA staff during the wartime period - which was full of hardships - as well as in the recent construction of the memorial house.
In reply, Tran Ngoc Thuc, Vice Chairman of the Tuyen Quang People’s Committee, said it was a great honour for the province to house a revolutionary base, offices of the Party Central Committee, President Ho Chi Minh and other Government agencies, including the VNA, during the anti-French struggle for national salvation.
He also expressed a desire for further development of relations between the province and the VNA.
The stele house in memory of the VNA’s former office was located within the former Tan Trao revolutionary base, which has been turned into a site of historic interest.
The project, covering 57 sq. m., has been built with financial contributions by VNA staff.
The VNA relics were recognised by the Ministry of Culture and Information (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) as a national site of relics in 2001./.
