Exhibition evokes memories of Southern students regrouping to the North
TB (according to VnExpress)•May 18, 2024 10:36
Scenes of Southern students crossing Truong Son to the North, President Ho Chi Minh encouraging children to study... caused emotion in the exhibition.
President Ho Chi Minh visited and talked at a children's camp in Dong Da, Hanoi. During his lifetime, President Ho paid special attention to the cadres and soldiers from the South who had gathered there and their children.
President Ho Chi Minh in a friendly meeting with student representatives from the South at the Presidential Palace on the occasion of the second anniversary of the restoration of peace in Vietnam, July 20, 1956. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, the leader sent letters advising children to unite, to be self-reliant in their daily activities, and to tell teachers to love students like their own children.
Sixth grade students at Southern Student School No. 19 in Hai Phong in 1962. They were among 32,000 young people from the South who gathered in the North to study during the period 1954-1975.The photo is on display at the exhibition at the Ho Chi Minh City Museum (District 1), which opened on May 17, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Accord.Geneva Agreementand the event of regrouping and transferring troops to the North (1954-2024). After the Dien Bien Phu victory, President Ho Chi Minh and the Party and the Government advocated sending students from six or seven years old to 19 or 20 years old, who were children of cadres and soldiers in the South, to study in localities in the North, becoming the next generation for the revolution in the South as well as the whole country later on.
The Southern School Band No. 1 in Dong Trieu, Quang Ninh. In the last two months of 1954, more than 5,000 teenagers from the South went to the North to study, considered "red seeds", managed by the Ministry of Education. Some cadres and soldiers under the age of 18 were also sent to study culture.
Eighth and ninth grade female students of Southern Student School No. 8 in Tam Dao, 1974. At first, students were welcomed in Sam Son (Thanh Hoa), Cua Hoi (Nghe An). In the following years, the number gradually increased, 28 schools were established in Hanoi and neighboring provinces, such as Ha Tay (old), Hung Yen, Vinh Phuc, Bac Giang, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Ha Nam
Fifth grade female student, Southern Student School No. 2 in Vinh Yen and her homeroom teacher in 1974. The training process from kindergarten level, continuous to vocational high school, university, diverse professions, all follow the boarding model. Those with capacity are selected to go to higher education to return to serve the country.
Southern students in Nanning, Guangxi, China in 1962. Besides studying in the North, many were sent to Nanning. When the country was unified, they returned to their homeland, contributing to the cause of building and defending the Fatherland.
Group K124 consisted of students who walked across the Truong Son mountain range to study in the North in 1972. During that period, the groups traveled by many routes such as following the army to gather, taking ships to Thanh Hoa and Hai Phong.
Students cross the Se San River in Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces.In addition to the pictures, many souvenirs are on display, such as the 70-year-old violin of Mr. Vo Dang Tin - former director of the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera, a former student from the South who went to the North to regroup.Tran Thi Minh Chau, 62, from Ho Chi Minh City, was moved when she recognized two old friends in a photo. She was three or four years old when she was regrouped in the North, and was among the youngest children in the South at that time. In her memory, even during the war, students were taken care of without lacking anything, from clothes to school supplies. "I am grateful for the years that helped me become who I am today," she said.TB (according to VnExpress)
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