(Dan Tri) - The historical site "Money Printing Factory" is where the first historical marks of the Finance industry are preserved. The site was ranked at the national level by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2007.
The first printing factory of the Vietnamese revolutionary government was located at Chi Ne plantation (1946-1947), now Co Nghia commune, Lac Thuy district, Hoa Binh province. Here, the first "Financial Banknotes - Uncle Ho Banknotes" with great historical missions in the early days of independence of the revolutionary government were born. In 2010, the State established the Historical Site of the Money Printing Factory and invested in renovating and upgrading the project. The total area of the site is 15.5 hectares with a total investment of over 270 billion VND. The central house of the former Chi Ne plantation was once a resting place for many high-ranking Party and State officials during the revolutionary period. It was also here that President Ho Chi Minh stopped by during his business trip to Thanh Hoa province.
In 1946, the Topanh printing factory in Hanoi was exposed, and all the printing machinery was moved to the Chi Ne plantation. The family of Mr. Do Dinh Thien - a big capitalist - welcomed the delegation of cadres and workers of the printing factory to live and work at his plantation. Inside, there are archives of documents of the Vietnamese Finance sector in the early years of its establishment as well as the process of forming and developing the printing factory. In addition, the living room space of Mr. Do Dinh Thien's family and some related artifacts were also restored. Reconstructing the working space of President Ho Chi Minh during his business trip and stopover at the factory (1947). President Ho Chi Minh advised: "This is my printing machine, you must take good care of it, compete with each other to print a lot of money for the whole country to spend on the resistance war to save the country. The cadres and workers in the factory must unite, love, help each other to progress, must pay utmost attention to preserving and saving the people's money...". In the photo is the restored relic site 2 where the printing factory was located at Chi Ne plantation (1946-1947). There are currently 2 rows of houses, in front of which are the coffee warehouse, processing warehouse, rice drying yard... The printing factory was also awarded the Vietnam Guinness Record as the first printing factory of the Vietnamese revolution. The first money printing space, restoring the process of printing and issuing Vietnamese currency. In the early days of the revolutionary government, the money printing factory was very simple, the machinery was not modern, so the way of printing money was also very rudimentary. At the printing factory in Chi Ne plantation, the largest denomination banknote at that time was 100 Vietnamese Dong, also known as the "green buffalo" banknote because one side had a picture of Uncle Ho, the other side had a picture of a green buffalo and two healthy farmers working in the field.
The birth of the above coins carried an extremely important historical mission, contributing to the monetary struggle with the enemy to protect national independence and becoming a weapon of struggle on the economic - financial - monetary front, eliminating the French colonialist Indochina currency from our country, contributing decisively to the provision of material needs and circulation of goods in the nation's long-term resistance war against France. The money collection gallery also preserves many valuable artifacts, pictures, and documents related to the financial industry. The Memorial House for Meritorious People and Officials and Workers of the Printing Factory at Chi Ne Plantation (Lac Thuy District) includes 1 memorial house, 2 stele houses, auxiliary houses, a gate to the memorial house and a gate to the relic site. Currently, the relic site is open to visitors free of charge. Many tourist groups have chosen this as a destination for visitors to come and learn more about the place that preserves the first historical marks of the Finance industry.
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