Attending the ceremony were Mrs. Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, Member of the Party Central Executive Committee, Vice President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Mr. Trinh Dinh Dung, Member of the Party Central Executive Committee, Deputy Prime Minister; Mr. Hoang Trung Hai, Member of Politburo, Secretary of Hanoi Municipal Party Committee; Mrs. Hoang Thi Thuy Lan, Member of the Party Central Executive Committee, Secretary of Vinh Phuc Provincial Party Committee; leaders and former leaders of ministries, departments, and central branches; leaders of Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Hanoi City; leaders of Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Vinh Phuc province; leaders of neighboring districts and Me Linh district; and citizens and tourists from all over the country.
Mrs. Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, Member of the Party Central Executive Committee, Vice President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and the delegates offered incense at Hai Ba Trung temple.
Speaking at the celebration, Hanoi Vice Chairman Ngo Van Quy reviewed the Trung Sisters’ indomitable fighting spirit in the country’s history of national construction and defence. Not resigned to the rule of the Eastern Han, in 40 (AD), the Trung Sisters raised the flag of resistance calling for heroes and citizens from all over the country to stood up and overthrow the yoke of the Eastern Han’s domination, regained independence for the country, and proclaimed themselves queens (40 – 43 AD).
Hanoi Vice Chairman Ngo Van Quy delivered his speech at the ceremony.
The vice chairman of the city emphasized that the Trung Sisters’ uprising, though only brought independence to the country for nearly 3 years, had great significance; it was the first uprising in the nation’s heroic history of resistance against the yoke of foreign domination and a shining symbol of patriotism, bravado, and fierceness of the nation. To commemorate and express the gratitude to the merits of the two national heroines, the people of Me Linh and the city of Hanoi established Hai Ba Trung temple in Me Linh commune, Me Linh district, Hanoi city.
The Vice Chairman stated that the Party Committee, authorities, and citizens of the Capital City had continuously strived in recent years to obtain remarkable and comprehensive achievements in socio-economic development, contributing to building and defending the Fatherland. With an aim to promote the obtained achievements, in 2020, Hanoi City is determined to initiate innovation and promote solidarity and leadership to strive to fulfill the socio-economic targets and ensure national security and defence to build an increasingly rich, beautiful, civilized, and modern Capital City worthy of the merits of the Trung Sisters.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mrs. Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, Member of the Party Central Executive Committee, Vice President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, affirmed that the Trung Sisters Uprising was of immensely great importance with echoes resonating throughout the nation’s long history. The Trung Sisters and their uprising left behind spiritual heritage and an invaluable lesson about the cause of national liberation and the promotion of the strength of the people’s great unity, including the strength, intellect, and fighting spirit of women. That also gave way to President Ho Chi Minh’s gifting to Vietnamese women the golden words “Heroic, Indomitable, Faithful, Laborious”, qualities that were preserved and developed by generations of Vietnamese women.
Mrs. Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, Member of the Party Central Executive Committee, Vice President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, delivered her speech at the ceremony.
The Vice President also stated that the 1980th anniversary of the Trung Sisters Uprising was an opportunity to revisit the patriotic tradition and the Sisters’ fighting spirit, to be proud, and to understand the great responsibility as their descendants in the cause of national liberation and construction and defence of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
The Vice President believed that, in 2020, with the leadership of the Hanoi City Party Committee, the determination and activeness of the authorities at all levels, and the huge support from the masses, officers, Party members, and citizens of the Capital City would uphold the Trung Sisters’ spirit; promote the learning and following of President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality, and style; and unite to create a synergy to build an increasingly developed Capital City.
Also at the ceremony, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh beat the drums to open the Hai Ba Trung Temple Festival 2020. Delegates and visitors enjoyed special cultural performances by the Vietnam National Tuong Theater and the traditional festive drum performance by the Me Linh District Women’s Union.
The Hai Ba Trung Temple Festival takes place in 03 days (from the 6th to the 8th of the first month of the lunar new year 2020). There will be a great number of cultural, art, and sports events for the people to enjoy such as volleyball competitions, martial arts performances, chess games, water puppet shows, Quan Ho performances, wrestling events, tug-of-war games, “pot hitting while blindfolded” games, bamboo bridge crossing games, etc. Also, several exhibitions will be held, such as “Golden Mark” exhibition where 23 imperial edicts (rare archives) and some antiques are displayed; “Me Linh – Land & People” photo exhibition; and “Flowers of Vietnam” exhibition providing information about the Trung Sisters Uprising and Trung Trac, Trung Nhi, their female generals, and some female figures leaving their marks in the history of Vietnam. Fair stalls were established by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Branch of Me Linh District to introduce local products.
Earlier in the day, the leaders of the Party, the State, Hanoi city, and Vinh Phuc province, and delegates held an incense ceremony for the Trung Sisters at Hai Ba Trung Temple.
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