Dong Nai City leaders offer incense and flowers at historical sites

On October 21, a delegation representing the Dong Nai City Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, led by Huynh Thi Hang, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee and Chairwoman of the city's Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, offered incense and flowers in tribute to heroic martyrs at Bang Lang Hill and the January 6, 1975 Phuoc Long Victory Monument. They also visited the Phuoc Long Museum in Phuoc Long Ward and offered incense at the Phu Rieng Do Monument in Thuan Loi Commune.

Incumbent and former city leaders offer incense at the Bang Lang Hill historical site in Phuoc Long Ward. Photo: Nguyet Ha

The delegation also included Dr. Hoang Dao Cuong, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dinh Quang Hai, Member of the National Cultural Heritage Council; and Major General, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vu Quang Dao, former Director of the Vietnam Military History Institute under the Ministry of National Defense.

Huynh Thi Hang, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee and Chairwoman of the city's Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, offers incense in tribute to fallen soldiers at the Bang Lang Hill historical site. Photo: Nguyet Ha

Also attending were former members of the Party Central Committee and former Secretaries of the former Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee Tran Thi Minh Hoang and Le Hoang Quan; Member of the City Party Committee’s Standing Committee and Head of the City Party Committee's Commission for Information and Education Duong Minh Dung; Member of the City Party Committee and Vice Chairwoman of the Dong Nai City People's Committee Nguyen Thi Hoang; and incumbent and former leaders of the former Dong Nai and Binh Phuoc provinces and present-day Dong Nai City.

Delegates pose for a commemorative photo at the Phuoc Long Victory Monument. Photo: Nguyet Ha

The January 6, 1975 Phuoc Long Victory Monument commemorates the victory of Vietnamese armed forces and civilians in the Route 14–Phuoc Long Campaign. This victory was of vital significance, serving as a "strategic reconnaissance blow" that provided the Politburo and the General Military Commission with a basis for making decisive leadership and strategic decisions to guide the southern liberation forces and people, thereby reinforcing the determination to completely liberate the South in 1975.

Incumbent and former Dong Nai City leaders visit the Route 14–Phuoc Long Campaign Museum. Photo: Nguyet Ha

The Phu Rieng Do Monument in Thuan Loi Commune stands as an enduring symbol of the working class's indomitable spirit and revolutionary struggle. On the night of October 28 and in the early morning of October 29, 1929, the first cell of the Communist Party of Indochina in southeastern Vietnam and  Vietnam's rubber industry was officially established beside a rocky stream in Lang 3 Hamlet.

Huynh Thi Hang, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee and Chairwoman of the city's Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, and Dr. Hoang Dao Cuong, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, offer incense at the Phu Rieng Do Monument. Photo: Nguyet Ha

Today, this national historical site is located in Lang 3 Hamlet, Thuan Loi Commune, Dong Nai City. After enduring the ups and downs of history, this land, once known as "a revolutionary cradle" forged in fire and steel, is currently undergoing a profound transformation, creating new chapters in the era of reform and integration.

Delegates solemnly pay tribute to the martyrs at the Phu Rieng Do Monument. Photo: Nguyet Ha

During the incense- and flower-offering ceremonies at the monuments and historical sites, delegates from Dong Nai City and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism observed a minute of silence to commemorate and express gratitude to the heroic sons and daughters who devoted their youth to the nation's independence.

Following the incense- and flower-offering ceremonies at the historical sites and their visit to the Route 14–Phuoc Long Campaign Museum, delegates toured a photo exhibition held as part of Phu Rieng Do Week, which runs through October 30, 2026. The delegation also visited a family with revolutionary contributions in Thuan Loi Commune and presented them with a house of gratitude. These meaningful activities form part of the broader program of a scientific workshop on the Phuoc Long Victory and Phu Rieng Do, held by Dong Nai City on October 22.

By Nguyet Ha – Translated by Minh Hong, Thu Ha