Tomorrow (November 28), Phu Yen province will receive the Certificate of ranking as a special national monument of the Ho Chi Minh Trail at sea at the 60th anniversary of the arrival of the No-numbered Ship at Vung Ro (November 28, 1964 - November 28, 2024) at the Vung Ro National Historical Site (Dong Hoa town).
The Ho Chi Minh Trail at sea is the name of the strategic logistics route on the East Sea, ensuring special military transport missions, secretly carried out by the Vietnam People's Navy and the Liberation Army of South Vietnam on the East Sea, during the resistance war against the US.
The route was established on October 23, 1961, to transport additional human resources and weapons from North Vietnam to support the Liberation Army of the South.
During its 14 years of operation (1961-1975), the Ho Chi Minh Sea Trail transported more than 100,000 tons of military goods and tens of thousands of cadres from the North to the South, contributing to the victory of the cause of liberating the South and unifying the country.
According to the Propaganda Department of Phu Yen Provincial Party Committee, the Ho Chi Minh Trail at sea, in which Vung Ro wharf was an important link in the military transport system supporting the Southern battlefield. From November 28, 1964 to early 1965, Vung Ro wharf welcomed unnumbered ships 4 times.
Of these, 3 times we successfully welcomed ship 41 (an iron-hulled ship captained by Hero of the People's Armed Forces Ho Dac Thanh) into the port, receiving 200 tons of weapons; 1 time we welcomed ship 143 (an iron-hulled ship captained by Le Van Them carrying 63 tons of cargo) into the port, but before it could leave the port, it was discovered by the enemy, and our army blew up and sank the ship to erase all traces.
The shipments provided weapons, medicine, etc., creating conditions for the army and people of Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, and Dak Lak to continuously defeat the enemy on the battlefield, liberating many large areas.
In 1997, Vung Ro became a National Historical Relic; in 2001, the Vung Ro Wharf Monument was built; then, the Vung Ro Memorial was completed to forever engrave a heroic event in the history of national war.
