The book “Portrait of Hero Ly Tu Trong - through historical documents” by author Duong Trong Phuc, published in February 2024, is a useful document for generations of union members and young people. Ha Tinh Newspaper reporters were honored to have a conversation with him.
Mr. Duong Trong Phuc - Vice Principal of Doan Ly Tu Trong School (Ho Chi Minh City), a senior creative education expert of Microsoft globally, was a student of the Faculty of History (University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Ho Chi Minh City National University) and then worked at public service units under the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union.
Mr. Phuc admits that he has a connection with the Union and with Hero Ly Tu Trong - a son of his hometown Ha Tinh.
Author Duong Trong Phuc is currently Vice Principal of Doan Ly Tu Trong School, Ho Chi Minh City, and a senior creative education expert at Microsoft globally.
Especially since 2018, when he worked at Ly Tu Trong Youth Union School, Mr. Phuc had the opportunity to research more information and documents about Hero Ly Tu Trong. From here, the inconsistent information sources in some documents urged him to research and explore to provide complete data about comrade Ly Tu Trong in particular and the first group of Communist Youth Union members in general.
Mr. Phuc shared: “Researching about the first communist youth union member is the responsibility of a Youth Union school officer named Ly Tu Trong, which helps me understand more about his biography. From there, I continue to share information with other youth union members.”
From the huge amount of documents in hundreds of books and documents, Mr. Phuc spent time researching, comparing and contrasting to form the basis for writing the book.
By early 2020, Mr. Phuc had delved into researching documents and memoirs about Hero Ly Tu Trong. In the early stages, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, he spent time researching documents at home. Then he diligently went to libraries and archives across the country such as National Archives Center I, National Archives Center II, National Library in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City General Science Library, Vietnam Museum of History, Vietnam Youth Museum, Soviet Nghe Tinh Museum, Nghe An Library, Ha Tinh Library...
He even tried to contact and connect with the French National Archives Center in Marseille to get more sources of documents. He also spent time researching information about Hero Ly Tu Trong through books, open document pages, and archived documents in many other languages such as French, English, Chinese, Thai, Russian, etc. From the huge amount of documents in hundreds of books and documents, Mr. Phuc spent time researching, comparing, and contrasting to form the basis for writing the book.
In 2022, Mr. Duong Trong Phuc returned to Ha Tinh to meet the relatives of Hero Ly Tu Trong. (In the photo: Mr. Phuc talked with Ms. Le Thi Bay - the younger sister of Hero Ly Tu Trong (real name is Le Huu Trong).
In order to have a more comprehensive approach, in 2022, traveling more than 1,000 km from Ho Chi Minh City, Mr. Duong Trong Phuc returned to Ha Tinh to meet relatives of Hero Ly Tu Trong in Viet Tien commune (Thach Ha district). He also directly traveled to many provinces and cities across the country such as Hanoi, Nghe An, An Giang, Ha Nam... to meet and exchange with most of the relatives of the people in the group of young people at the same time as Hero Ly Tu Trong that the historical documents of the Union mentioned such as: the family of Mrs. Ly Phuong Duc, Mrs. Ly Phuong Thuan, Mr. Ly Van Minh, Mr. Ly Thuc Chat, Mr. Ly Anh To...
After more than 3 years of diligent research, all locations in Ho Chi Minh City or other provinces and cities across the country related to the revolutionary activities of comrade Ly Tu Trong bear the footprints of Mr. Duong Trong Phuc.
In the book, Duong Trong Phuc selected 17 issues related to the life and revolutionary activities of Hero Ly Tu Trong - equivalent to the age of 17 when he died.
“Every trip, every person I met were wonderful memories during the research process, helping me develop my own understanding. There were times when I was stuck and had difficulties due to lack of original documents to compare, there were times when the information reached a dead end because the people who were contemporaries of Hero Ly Tu Trong were no longer around, and historical documents did not fully reflect... At that time, I turned back to everything I had collected, using that as motivation to continue to explore and research” - Mr. Phuc confided.
In the book, Duong Trong Phuc selected 17 issues related to the life and revolutionary activities of Hero Ly Tu Trong - equivalent to the age of 17 when he died. In early February 2024, after 3 years of hard work and dedication, Duong Trong Phuc officially launched the book "Portrait of Hero Ly Tu Trong through historical documents" published by Ho Chi Minh City General Publishing House.
The book was widely distributed throughout the country, in which Ha Tinh - the hometown of Hero Ly Tu Trong was given 110 copies by the author himself to mark the 110th anniversary of the birth of Hero Martyr Ly Tu Trong (October 20, 1914 - October 20, 2024). This has become a meaningful document in the activities of the Youth Union, Association, and Pioneers in the area.
In 2023, Mr. Duong Trong Phuc returned to Ha Tinh to train skills and knowledge for union officials.
Secretary of Ha Tinh Provincial Youth Union Nguyen Ny Huong shared: “Comrade Duong Trong Phuc’s book provides a lot of historical knowledge and important information about the life and revolutionary career of Hero Ly Tu Trong. The Provincial Youth Union Standing Committee has promoted and introduced the book on information channels; this meaningful work will be included in the content and documents of activities of the Youth Union, Association, and Team at all levels in conjunction with the political activity “Forever the path of youth revolution” of Ha Tinh youth on the occasion of the 93rd anniversary of the founding of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the 110th anniversary of the birth of Hero and Martyr Ly Tu Trong.”
Mr. Duong Trong Phuc shared: “With this book, I am sketching the basic outlines of the life of comrade Ly Tu Trong. And I will not stop here but continue to learn and research about him and the first group of Communist Youth Union members. I hope to have many opportunities to return to Ha Tinh - the hometown of the first hero of the Communist Youth Union to learn more about the historical and cultural traditions of the resilient children of Ha Tinh”.
The book “Portrait of Hero Ly Tu Trong through historical documents” consists of 144 pages, providing readers with many new points about the life and revolutionary career of comrade Ly Tu Trong. For the first time, the basic chronicle of comrade Ly Tu Trong along with many new images and documents will be introduced to the public. |
Thu Ha
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