Incense offering in tribute to President Ho Chi Minh, martyrs
State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 20 offered incense and flowers to late President Ho Chi Minh and heroic martyrs at Nga Ba Giong memorial and Gieng nuoc hospital relic site in Hoc Mon district, Ho Chi Minh City, on the occasion of the late leader’s 131st birthday (May 19).
State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc offers incense and flowers at Gieng nuoc hospital relic site. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 20 offeredincense and flowers to late President Ho Chi Minh and heroic martyrs at Nga BaGiong memorial and Gieng nuoc hospital relic site in Hoc Mon district, Ho ChiMinh City, on the occasion of the late leader’s 131st birthday (May19).
Hoc Mon district has been popular with the uprising of the 18 Vuon Trau (ArecaGarden) hamlets against the French colonists in 1885, which later spread toother southern localities. However, it was cruelly suppressed by the French colonists.
In August 1941, theFrench administration arrested and sent several leaders of the SouthernRegional Party Committee, including Nguyen Van Cu, Vo Van Tan, Phan Dang Luu,Nguyen Thi Minh Khai and others, to the firing squad.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc pays tribute to President Ho Chi Minh and war martyrs. (Photo: VNA)
The French set up three firing grounds to execute the revolutionaries. One ofthem was at Nga Ba Giong (Giong T Junction).
Though the uprising was a failure, it helped to spur the August Revolution of1945.
During the resistance war against the US, Nga Ba Giong saw glorious feats ofthe military and locals in Xuan Thoi Thuong commune.
On the occasion, President Phuc visited and presented gifts to several policy beneficiaryfamilies in the district, including heroic Vietnamese mothers Nguyen Thi Se andDo Thi Net, and wounded soldier Le Van Cao./.
State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 19 offered incense and flowers to late President Ho Chi Minh at Ho Chi Minh Museum in Ho Chi Minh City as the country is celebrating the late leader’s 131st birthday (May 19), and 110 years since he left Nha Rong Wharf, starting his journey to search for ways to save the nation.
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State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc offers incense and flowers at Gieng nuoc hospital relic site. (Photo: VNA) 
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc pays tribute to President Ho Chi Minh and war martyrs. (Photo: VNA) 
