Examples of sacrifice for national unity
The traditional room of Lao Dong newspaper also preserves a special press card. That is the card of journalist Vo Van Ngoan with the title of Deputy Editor-in-Chief.
According to documents of Lao Dong Newspaper, receiving an order to increase staff for the Union of Trade Union Liberation of Inter-zone 5 in early 1962, journalist Vo Van Ngoan (born in 1916, former Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Lao Dong Newspaper) quickly took care of housework and quickly said goodbye to colleagues. Before leaving for the South, he went to each reporter's table to say goodbye to everyone and promised: "We will meet again when the country is unified".
Cultural cadres, press, trade unions and comrade Vo Van Ngoan who traveled from Truong Son to the South later shared that Truong Son road was just a narrow path, many distances had no way to go, the army had to cut down the forest to avoid the attack, sometimes had to use a knife to spread the forest, and were tired and found a place to rest overnight, and would continue tomorrow. Traveling through Truong Son forest in the rainy season is really hard, when you pick leaves, you hear a person "bump" with no hands, feet, neck, head, face, they are rising and sucking blood.
In the first 15-20 days after crossing the border, the group had rice to eat, followed by only ma ma (cassia), longan andep leaves with a little salt mixed with sweet flour. Many days, the delegation of cultural cadres, press, trade unions and comrade Vo Van Ngoan ate potato and noodles and were not full enough. They have to fight against hunger and cold, forest malaria, and although their health is very weak, no one is discouraged or miserable.
Unexpectedly, the pen was unable to return and lie down in the middle of Truong Son mountain in the fierce anti -American resistance war. In addition to journalist - martyr Vo Van Ngoan, also journalist Le Ai My also sacrificed when strengthening the southern battlefield. Journalist Le Ai My was born in 1936, from Binh Dinh's native, gathered in the North in 1954. Journalist Le Ai My graduated from the Western baccalaureate, good at French, working at the Vietnam General Union agency (now the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor); Later, the organization of transferring Mr. Le Ai My to work at the Lao Dong newspaper.
According to journalist Van Hien, former Deputy Editor -in -Chief of Nghe An Newspaper, who collected documents about the life and career of journalist Le Ai My: “In 1963, due to the development of the revolutionary situation, the Central Government has advocated a number of core officials to the South to build press agencies and organize the revolutionary movement, journalist Le Ai My volunteered to enter the battlefield of the South to work on February 15, 1963. Along hard, arduous, deprived, overcome rugged forest roads, after 3 months, new officials to the central agency of the Southern Department in Tay Ninh. In the role of trade union officials, Le Ai My has "3" with workers at Ba Son shipyard, Saigon port and efforts to successfully build trade union organizations and workers' movements at these important facilities. "
On June 15, 1970, on his way to work, journalist Le Ai My was ambushed by the enemy and died in 18 betel garden villages (Hoc Mon, Ho Chi Minh City). Documents at the National Archives Center III also store some information about journalist Le Ai My as follows: They and their names Le Ai My, born on March 12, 1933, hometown Binh Thanh village, Phuoc Hau commune, Tuy Phuoc district, Binh Dinh province. Year of travel B: August 25, 1965. Agency before going to B: Lao Dong Newspaper".
Lao Dong in the boiling days
At the end of March 3, 1975, in the victory of the army and the people of the South, the Lao Dong newspaper brought big headlines on the first page: "The great victory in early spring 1975". The article affirmed: "The great victory in the early spring of 1975 of the people and the army of the South of our people was the brilliant victory of the spirit of the will" Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom ", and deeply expressed the earnest aspirations of our army and people as peace, independence, democracy, national harmony and unification of the country.
The editorial posted on the first page of the Lao Dong newspaper on March 22, 1975 has the headline "The South Hero is cheering us". The editorial said: "The Northern workers and workers with the passionate affection for the South to warmly welcome the brilliant victories of the people and soldiers of the South have just won."
The first published essay published on March 29, 1975 was titled: "Promoting the emulation movement "Everyone works at equal standards for the Southern region". This issue also devoted a special page to the image of Hue's liberation.
In mid -April 1975, the Lao Dong newspaper opened the column "in the same country" invites readers to participate in writing articles about the emulation atmosphere and the initial achievements to welcome the liberation of the South. One of the resounding reports of the Lao Dong newspaper at that time was the report "Dawn of Da Nang" published in two consecutive periods of the author Nguyen Dinh Hong - Thai Giang - Thuy Nguyen. The reportage has a paragraph: "The sun is sunny. The first sunshine, after 117 years of slavery, gold -plated, glittering on the roof of the city. And the Han River once witnessed many historical events, now young because of the sunshine, flag color and laughter." Thousands of windows turned on, the flowers thrown on the road. Flowers and white hats dance on the top of the army. The class people poured out a little bit of revolution. Million eyes moved, looking at his flag and crying, but happy. Alas, to have this flag color, this white - Da Nang must go through 117 years ... ”.
April 30, 1975, the day of victory of the historic Ho Chi Minh campaign, liberating Saigon and liberating the South, was also the day that marked the change of fate for millions of people. The country is entering a new era.
Sharing the atmosphere of the country, Lao Dong Newspaper reflected the joy of the entire nation, encouraging all classes of people to participate in boosting production and building the country.
The newspaper 2698 was on April 30, 1975 published a picture of artist Huy Oanh and the editorial "advancing with the spirit of 1.5 and the victory spirit". The editorial has the paragraph: "The last victory of the people and the Southern soldiers is creating a new situation very well, the force of the revolution is overwhelming the enemy. The collapse of them is inevitable. All the people and the Southern soldiers are shocking to win completely.
Above the clay bamboo shoots, the Lao Dong newspaper quoted President Ho Chi Minh's words in May 5.1962: "Each ton of coal, each factory, every one quintal of food ... that we increase and economical are helping into the speed of building socialism in the North, which is supporting the heroic struggle of the Southern people, all contributing to the implementation of peaceful peace in the country."
Below is an article with a large title For the South of the Belly, compete to work for two.
The newspaper number 2699 was on May 3, 1975 solemnly published the victory atmosphere with a large headline: "Celebrating the glorious victory of the people of our country completely liberating the South" and the slogan: "sparking the movement of labor, production, economical, vibrant, continuous". This is the report on the report "steel night". The reportage has a paragraph: "Happiness instead we are here one night Ho Chi Minh's full victory, a steel night. From the afternoon, tens of thousands of workers of the iron and steel area pulled the horn, the whistle lasted like never ending, and firecrackers, and cheering to cheer."
The country is unified, the history of Lao Dong Newspaper also moved to a new page. In April 1975, Lao Dong Moi newspaper - an agency of the Southern Labor Liberation Union, No. 1 launched to Southern readers. The Secretariat of the General Confederation of Labor requested the Editor-in-Chief of Lao Dong Newspaper to do everything possible to support Lao Dong Moi Newspaper, considering it a Lao Dong newspaper present in the South.
On June 6, 1976, the National Trade Union Unity Conference met at Thong Nhat Hall, Ho Chi Minh City. The conference was attended by 72 delegates representing 3 million union members in the North and South. The conference decided to unify the Trade Unions of the South and North into the "Vietnam General Confederation of Labor". Lao Dong Moi Newspaper merged into Lao Dong.
During the days of the unification, Lao Dong Newspaper became a channel for propaganda, encouragement, and cheering of all classes of society to contribute to the victory and development of the Trade Union organization and of Vietnam.
