The national-level historical and cultural relic site Phuoc Tra is located in Song Tra Commune, Hiep Duc District, the neighbouring province of Quang Nam Province. It was the revolutionary base of the 5th Military Region Party Committee and High Command during the 1973 – 1975 period.
This place witnessed Vietnamese revolutionary force’s numerous resounding battles during the past anti-American war, especially associated with the image of resilient revolutionary soldier Vo Chi Cong, the Secretary of the 5th Military Region Party Committee at that time.
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At the Phuoc Tra revolutionary base, the 5th Military Region Party Committee and High Command laid out the plan for the 1975 Spring General Offensive and Uprisings in line with a resolution released by the Party Central Committee in January, 1975. |
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A view of the memorial stele of the 5th Military Region Party Committee Office which was inaugurated on 25 April, 2019 |
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The relic site feature a gallery on a collection of about 200 valuable artifacts collected from the resistance war against the US troops. |
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There is a specialised bunker system where secret important meetings took place, consisting of exits and many auxiliary facilities, all of which have been kept unchanged so far. |
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An altar to worship the late comrade Vo Chi Cong, the Secretary of the 5th Military Region Party Committee |
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The late Secretary Cong’s personal items have been carefully kept |
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Here are notebooks, telephones and other memorabilia owned by the late Secretary Cong |
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A table and chairs set used for working sessions by the 5th Military Region Party Committee Office |
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Here is a bicycle used to transport military supplies during the war |
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A Yrpanha old-fashioned movie projector provided by the Ha Noi-based K5 Film Studio. |
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The Phuoc Tra base was recognised as a national-level historical-cultural relic site by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on 24 March, 1993. This is a historical site where its visitors gain deeper insight into the wartime hardship as well as the undaunted courage and indomitable fighting spirit of Vietnamese revolutionary soldiers and residents during the struggle for the cause of national liberation, hereby educating the young generations about the ardent patriotism. |
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