Tran Dang Ninh Memorial House
Introduction
Comrade Tran Dang Ninh (1910-1955), whose real name was Nguyen Tuan Dang, was born in Quang Nguyen village, Quang Phu Cau commune, Ung Hoa district, Ha Dong province (now Hanoi city). He was a revolutionary and military activist, the first Director of the General Department of Supply (later the General Department of Logistics, Vietnam People's Army), and the first Deputy Inspector General of the Government Inspectorate...
The Tran Dang Ninh Memorial Site includes a five-bay tiled-roof house, a stele house area, a fish pond, and a garden planted with trees. In the garden today, many trees have been planted as memorials by leaders and former leaders of the Central Committee, the General Department of Logistics, and Hanoi city, and in particular there is still a jackfruit tree planted by Mr. Tran Dang Ninh himself in 1946.
When the Memorial Site was built, Professor Vu Khieu - a great cultural figure who had faced life and death on the battlefield during the same period as Mr. Tran Dang Ninh - visited and wrote a 119-word inscription summarizing fully Mr. Tran Dang Ninh's mind, talent, virtue, and revolutionary career.
The inscription reads:
How glorious: An outstanding son of his homeland
A resolute man of integrity for the Fatherland
At twenty he set out to fight: wading streams and crossing mountains
At thirty he followed the Party into battle: through life and death
The Bac Son guns once blazed through green mountains
The August flag once stretched across the red-glowing sky
Steadfast in heart and mind: in the long resistance war
Fighting the enemy and supplying the troops: undaunted by hardship
For the wronged people: restoring justice
Against bureaucratic cadres: enforcing democracy
Serving at the front: trusted and loved by officers and soldiers
In charge of logistics: ensuring ample military provisions
Great victory at Dien Bien: a glorious feat
The Fatherland triumphant: radiant meritorious service!
He is a shining example of revolutionary morality, steadfastness, indomitability, dedication, and sacrifice for the country and the people.
In 2006, the People's Committee of the former Ha Tay Province ranked the Tran Dang Ninh Memorial Site as a historical-cultural relic.
Today, the Tran Dang Ninh Memorial Site has become a “red address,” a place for educating present and future generations in revolutionary tradition.
