Discovering President Ho Chi Minh's revolutionary footprints in Guangzhou, China

According to a VNA correspondent in China, at houses number 248 and 250 on Van Minh Street, Viet Tu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province (China), there are two three-story brick and wooden houses. This is the relic of the headquarters of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association (the predecessor of the Communist Party of Vietnam), where President Ho Chi Minh carried out revolutionary activities in Guangzhou.

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The image of President Ho Chi Minh is always deeply imprinted in the minds of Lao people.

Many delegations of Vietnamese officials and senior leaders have also visited this relic.

This relic is also an important place witnessing the friendship between China and Vietnam, and became the location chosen by General Secretary and President of Vietnam To Lam to begin his visit to China.

Time goes back 100 years. From November 1924 to May 1927, with the help of the Communist Party of China, it was here that President Ho Chi Minh, then named Nguyen Ai Quoc, founded the “Thanh Nien” newspaper, the first newspaper in Vietnam to propagate Marxism-Leninism, organize political training classes for Vietnamese youth and make an important contribution to the birth and training of revolutionary cadres for the Communist Party of Vietnam.

In the early 20th century, the rising revolutionary situation in Guangzhou attracted many Vietnamese patriots to Guangzhou to work, Guangzhou became an important overseas base for Vietnamese revolutionaries. In November 1924, as a member of the Eastern Committee of the Communist International and a member of the Presidium of the Peasants' International, Nguyen Ai Quoc came from Moscow to Guangzhou under the pen name Ly Thuy and worked as an interpreter for the Soviet advisor Borodin.

Relic of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association Headquarters at No. 248 and 250 on Van Minh Street, Viet Tu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province (China).

These two three-story brick and wooden residential buildings on Van Minh Street in Guangzhou became the headquarters of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association headed by Nguyen Ai Quoc and the venue for the first and second phases of the Political Training Class for Vietnamese Youth. Leader Nguyen Ai Quoc mainly worked at Mr. Borodin's residence during the day, but often came to Van Minh Street to teach students of the Vietnamese Youth Political Training Class, sometimes staying overnight here. Early leaders of the Chinese Communist Party such as Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Chen Yannian... were also invited to give lectures here.

In 2008, the headquarters of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Guangdong Province and opened to distinguished Vietnamese guests by appointment. From 2022 to 2023, the cultural departments and branches renovated this relic and planned to display artifacts about "President Ho Chi Minh in Guangzhou" on the old relic site. On March 26, 2024, the relic of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association officially opened to the public and has welcomed nearly 20,000 visitors to date.

This place preserves many valuable photos and documents about the revolutionary life of President Ho Chi Minh and previous revolutionary activists.

The exhibition area “President Ho Chi Minh in Guangzhou” is 240 square meters wide, displaying 154 artifacts, realistically recreating scenes such as President Ho Chi Minh’s bedroom, the meeting room of the headquarters of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association, the classroom of the Vietnam Youth Political Training Class, the printing room of the “Thanh Nien” newspaper, the dormitory for students...

According to the introduction, the relic of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association headquarters mainly restored the scene 99 years ago based on the memories of descendants of Vietnamese patriots and the memories of Hoang Nam, who personally experienced that historical period. Hoang Nam, also known as Ly Tri Thong, was one of eight Vietnamese teenagers brought to Guangzhou by the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association, the son of the French resistance patriot Nguyen Ong Tuan. At that time, after President Ho Chi Minh contacted the Guangdong District Party Committee, the Communist Party of China, Hoang Nam was able to study for free at the Primary School affiliated to Guangdong University and often visited the old relic site.

This place preserves many valuable photos and documents about the revolutionary life of President Ho Chi Minh and previous revolutionary activists.

After visiting the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association headquarters, General Secretary and President To Lam wrote in the memorial book: “The delegation of the Party and State of Vietnam is deeply moved to visit the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association headquarters - where beloved President Ho Chi Minh spent his revolutionary years, where the first generations of loyal communists of Vietnam were trained, where the innocent and pure international communist sentiments and the traditional friendship, solidarity, and closeness, “both comrades and brothers” between the two Parties, two countries and peoples of Vietnam and China are witnessed. The friendship between Vietnam and China will forever be green and forever lasting!”

The Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association headquarters relic site is a testament to the long-standing tradition of friendship between the two Parties and countries of Vietnam and China. In November 1971, Premier Zhou Enlai and then Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Van Dong visited this relic site. Later, other Vietnamese leaders such as Do Muoi, Le Kha Phieu, Tran Duc Luong and Nguyen Phu Trong also visited this revolutionary historical relic site.

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According to Tin Tuc Newspaper

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