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On December 4, the People's Committee of Doan Hung district (Phu Tho) coordinated with Hung Vuong University to organize a workshop: Restoring and promoting the value of the Lo River Victory Monument in Doan Hung district.
Delegates attending the conference
Attending the workshop were Major General Doan Xuan Bo - Editor-in-Chief of the Vietnam People's Army Newspaper; Major General, Dr. Nguyen Xuan Nang, former Director of the Vietnam Military History Museum. Also attending were leaders of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Department of Education and Training; Hung Temple Historical Relic Site; Hung Vuong University; Provincial Tourism Association; representatives of Military Region 2 and military units in the area; leaders of Doan Hung district.
Comrade Nguyen Van Van - Chairman of Doan Hung District People's Committee delivered a welcome speech at the workshop.
Doan Hung is a midland mountainous district located at the northern gateway of Phu Tho province, bordering Yen Bai and Tuyen Quang provinces. The district has vital waterway routes running through it, connecting the capital Hanoi with the northern border provinces, forming two important waterways in the military and developing economic, cultural and social exchanges with districts and provinces in the Northwest and North Central regions. With that strategic location, in history, Doan Hung was a fence protecting the revolutionary capital, the resistance capital, and at the same time a solid rear base of the Viet Bac resistance base, of major campaigns such as the Autumn-Winter Campaign and the Northwest Campaign.
Conference scene
At the workshop, delegates heard the following contents: Lo River Victory Relic - a highlight of the Viet Bac Campaign in the autumn and winter of 1947; Exploiting Lo River Victory Relic in tourism development, teaching national history and local education programs; Preserving and promoting the value of Lo River Victory Monument, Doan Hung Town, Doan Hung District; Lo River Victory - importance and historical value; Lo River Victory - unique military art; Connecting Lo River Victory Relic with the tourism route of the Northern Midlands and Mountains.
At the same time, expressing views on the importance, historical value, and great significance of Lo River Victory in the resistance war against the French of the nation and for the current cause of defending the Fatherland; Propose investment solutions to restore the National Historical Relic - Lo River Victory Monument and renovate and upgrade Lo River Victory Road to create a landscape worthy of its value towards the 80th anniversary of the historic Lo River Victory (October 24, 1947 - October 24, 2027).
Through the workshop, continue to affirm the position, role and historical significance of the Lo River Victory in the flow of national history, honoring the heroic feats of the Vietnam People's Army on the homeland of Doan Hung. Propose solutions to exploit and use the Lo River Victory Monument in teaching History, in implementing local educational activities and experiences of schools. At the same time, build the Lo River Victory Monument into a provincial-level tourist destination.
