During his lifetime, Uncle Ho reminded: "The whole country looks to our capital. The world looks to our capital" so Hanoi must be exemplary in the leading position to "become a peaceful, beautiful capital, healthy in both material and spiritual aspects".
Deep affection, unforgettable mark
The three words “Our Capital” contain so many deep, close and intimate feelings of President Ho Chi Minh towards Hanoi, only Hanoi has that honor. Hanoi is also the place that recorded important milestones in his revolutionary life; one of the places where President Ho Chi Minh lived and worked the longest, also the place with many places bearing his footprints and where he paid attention, visited and gave advice. Through his speeches, writings, telegrams or visits, he left an unforgettable mark.
In the historic autumn of 1945, Hanoi welcomed Uncle Ho for the first time when the August Revolution of 1945 succeeded. On August 23, 1945, Uncle Ho returned to Phu Gia (now Phu Thuong, Tay Ho) and on August 25, comrades Truong Chinh and Vo Nguyen Giap came to welcome him to the house at 48 Hang Ngang of the patriotic businessman Trinh Van Bo. This was the place where Uncle Ho drafted the immortal Declaration of Independence.
According to historical documents, when he later recalled, Uncle Ho said that those were the happiest moments in his revolutionary life when he returned to live and work in Hanoi. On September 2, 1945, when Uncle Ho read the Declaration of Independence at Ba Dinh Square and introduced the Provisional Government, it also implied that he chose Hanoi as the capital, which the National Assembly later officially recognized.
On the first working day of the Provisional Revolutionary Government, Ho Chi Minh outlined urgent tasks of building the country, taking care of the people's lives, especially eliminating hunger, illiteracy and foreign invaders. The response movement took place enthusiastically everywhere, the people of the capital listened to Uncle Ho's call and spared no effort or money to support, some people donated their entire fortune to help the revolution and the people.
After 9 years of resistance, in the historic autumn of 1954, Hanoi welcomed Uncle Ho and the Government back. President Ho Chi Minh had a special interest in the people of Hanoi. According to Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Trong Phuc (former Director of the Institute of Party History), who researched President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, historical documents show that President Ho Chi Minh always had affection, special attention and placed his trust in the great potential of the people of all classes.
Since the Lunar New Year of the Goat (1955), President Ho Chi Minh has visited the Party Committee, government and people of Hanoi almost every year to wish them a happy new year. Living and working in the capital for a long time, he had the opportunity to visit many places, facilities, hospitals, factories, schools, military units; directly meeting, visiting and encouraging cadres, soldiers and people of all walks of life in Hanoi. According to statistics from the Ho Chi Minh Museum, there are 173 relic sites in the inner city and 44 relic sites in the suburbs that recorded President Ho Chi Minh's feelings and memories with the people of the capital.
On the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Rooster in 1969, on the tree hill of Vat Lai commune (Ba Vi district), President Ho Chi Minh participated in planting trees, opening the 10th "Tree Planting Festival" initiated by himself. He wished a happy New Year to the cadres and workers of Yen Phu Power Plant, Hanoi Mechanical Factory, Rubber, Soap, Tobacco Factory, Bo Ho Lamp Factory, Thong Nhat Match Factory, Construction Site and Precast Concrete Factory in Chem...; attended the Spring poetry reading session of Hanoi's elders and artists at the Temple of Literature; sent letters, visited teachers and students of Hanoi, and visited the poor workers in the capital on New Year's Day...
According to Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Trong Phuc, a special thing is that Uncle Ho paid much attention to the suburban areas of Hanoi when he directly visited or sent letters of encouragement to the people many times. Perhaps at that time, the people of the suburban areas of Hanoi were still struggling, so he paid deeper attention and wished: "The Party Committees and Party cells in the suburbs need to lead the suburban movement to move forward more strongly, making the suburbs truly become the red belt of the socialist capital".
Uncle Ho's teachings are like a shining lamp.
The three words “Our Capital” were mentioned many times by Uncle Ho when talking about Hanoi, also expressing the position and responsibility, associated with the pioneering and exemplary role of the Capital. With the Party Committee and the Hanoi government, Uncle Ho not only directly directed and monitored major strategic and macro-level tasks, but also very specific, detailed and practical daily tasks.
In his speeches and talks at the Hanoi Party Congresses and Hanoi People's Congresses, he paid great attention to the issue of building and developing a strong and comprehensive capital. He affirmed that "The whole country looks to our capital. The world looks to our capital", so "our capital" must strive to "become a peaceful, beautiful capital, healthy in both material and spiritual aspects". He also always asked Hanoi to identify and ensure the fulfillment of its responsibility as a "locomotive" and "exemplary" role for the whole country.
If counting from the end of August 1945 to September 2, 1969, President Ho Chi Minh had lived and worked in the capital for more than 17 years. Hanoi is the place that left the mark of the great decisions of the Party and Government for the country in each step forward, but it is also the place that deeply imprinted the image of Uncle Ho with so much pride, warm emotions and special affection that he had for the capital.
The teachings of President Ho Chi Minh have always been identified by the Party Committee, the Government and the People of the Capital as the guiding principle, the guiding light to build Hanoi to become increasingly rich, civilized and modern as Uncle Ho always wished. Over the past 70 years, since the day Hanoi was completely liberated, implementing the instructions and wishes of President Ho Chi Minh, the Party Committee, the Government, the army and the people of Hanoi have constantly strived and strived to become an exemplary Party Committee, leading in many aspects. In particular, in the process of innovation, Hanoi has not only become a key economic center, but also the starting point of many elite domestic and international values, an important growth driver in the integration and globalization process of the whole country.
As Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Trong Phuc commented: Uncle Ho wanted Hanoi after the war to be a more dignified and beautiful capital. Hanoi has done that. Hanoi can proudly report to Uncle Ho, implementing his teachings, from a city that was terribly devastated during the war, Hanoi has risen, developed remarkably, and is affirming its position as the national political and administrative center, a major center of culture, education, science - technology, economy and international transactions of the whole country. Hanoi is changing every day, the city's appearance is spacious and modern with a series of key economic and traffic infrastructure projects put into operation. That achievement is thanks to many factors, but among them is the determination of the Hanoi people.
The anniversary of the Capital Liberation Day is also an opportunity for Hanoians to be proud of their traditions, proud of the noble titles that international friends have lovingly bestowed upon them. This is also an opportunity for each person to be more aware of their responsibility to make Hanoi more beautiful, more cultured, more civilized, worthy of "being our Capital" as Uncle Ho wished during his lifetime.
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