On May 16, the People's Committee of Binh Dinh province announced that Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung had signed a Decision to rank Quy Nhon Port Historical Site - Location of 300 days of gathering to the North (1954-1955), in Hai Cang ward (Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh).
According to documents, after the victory over Dien Bien Phu (May 7, 1954), at the negotiation table and signing of the Geneva Agreement (July 21, 1954), the French colonialists were forced to accept a ceasefire to restore peace in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. At this time, our country is temporarily divided into 2 regions, taking latitude 17 as a boundary, the two sides agreed for 300 days (from July 22, 1954 to May 17, 1955) to transfer troops to gather the North and South.
In Binh Dinh, there are 300 days to gather the troops of Inter-zone 5 to the North. Since 1954, the Party Committee and people of Binh Dinh have carefully completed all logistics work, prepared and successfully transferred more than 10,700 cadres, soldiers, forces to the North, and people returning home, on ships leaving Quy Nhon port.
This afternoon (May 16), at the historical site of Quy Nhon port - The location of 300 days of gathering troops to the North, the People's Committee of Binh Dinh province held a flower offering ceremony to celebrate the 70th anniversary of completing the gathering troops to the North (May 16, 1954 - May 16, 2025).
