On the evening of October 29, before attending the art program "Truong Bon - Heroic Footprints", leaders and former leaders of the Party and State visited and offered flowers and incense at Truong Bon National Historical Relic Site, My Son Commune, Do Luong District (Nghe An) to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the historical event Truong Bon (October 31, 1968 - October 31, 2023).

Attending the incense offering ceremony were comrades: Nguyen Xuan Thang - Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council; Nguyen Sinh Hung - former Politburo member, former Chairman of the National Assembly.

Comrades of the Party Central Committee: Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture and Education; Hoang Trung Dung - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Ha Tinh Province; Nguyen Manh Cuong - Secretary of the Binh Phuoc Provincial Party Committee and comrade Bui Quang Huy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union; together with former comrades of the Party Central Committee; leaders of central departments, ministries and branches; Military Region 4.

On the side of Nhan Dan Newspaper, there were comrade Le Quoc Minh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association; Deputy Editors-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper;...

The leaders of Nghe An province included comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, leaders of the Provincial People's Council, Provincial People's Committee, Provincial National Assembly Delegation, departments, branches, localities, along with a large number of people; relatives and historical witnesses.

During the resistance war against American imperialism, Truong Bon became a strategic location, a particularly important single route; a place to fiercely resist many fierce attacks by the enemy.

Soldiers, army men, and youth volunteers worked day and night to clear bombs, repair roads, and open routes, connecting the cross-Vietnam traffic arteries from the great rear of the socialist North to the great frontline battlefield of the South.

The National Highway 15 section passing through Truong Bon is about 5 km long, but from June to October 1968 alone, it suffered nearly 2,700 bombs of various types from the US imperialists. From 1964 to 1968, the enemy dropped nearly 19,000 bombs of various types and tens of thousands of missiles on this heroic land, destroying 211 villages along the route, killing many people in My Son commune, Nhan Son commune (Do Luong district); destroying hundreds of cars and hundreds of artillery pieces of our army.

Thousands of cadres, soldiers, youth volunteers, transport workers, and militiamen were injured; 1,240 cadres and soldiers fought bravely and heroically sacrificed themselves. On October 31, 1968, at around 6:10 a.m., enemy planes frantically rained bombs on Truong Bon. That devastating bombing took the lives of 13 soldiers, right before the US imperialists were forced to stop bombing the North at 0:00 a.m. on November 1, 1968.

In a sacred and emotional atmosphere, the leaders and former leaders of the Party, State and Nghe An province respectfully bowed and lit incense to express their respect and infinite gratitude to the heroic martyrs at the mass grave of 13 heroic martyrs and the Memorial House of 1,240 heroic martyrs.

The great sacrifices of the heroic martyrs contributed their red blood, devoted their youth to the victories of the army and people of Nghe An, to the victory of the nation, bringing peace to the country. The names and faces of that youth have been incarnated into history, forever remembered and appreciated by future generations.