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Riding 272km
by car from
Hanoi along
National
Highway No3,
visitors
will arrive
at Cao Bang
Town.
Sleeping
through the
night in
open air and
a cool and
quiet
atmosphere
of this
mountainous
area, their
tiredness
will
disappear.
The next
morning
visitors
will ride
through Hoa
An to reach
Ha Quang
area.
Through the
windows of
car,
visitors can
see golden
rice fields
lying amid
green
mountains,
small
hamlets with
dozens of
houseson-stilts
under the
shade of
towering
clusters of
peach trees,
and the
winding
streams with
thatch-roofed
bridges.
Visitors
will
certainly be
very
interested
in enjoying
the
picturesque
scenery,
endowed by
the nature.
Passing
a hill where
there is the
newly-built
Ho Chi Minh
Museum,
visitors
will see the
historical
area of Pac
Bo. The main
historical
relics in
this area
consist of
Pac Bo, Coc
Bo, Bo Bam
Cave, Lenin
Stream, Karl
Marx
Mountain, Co
Rac Ground
and Khuoi
Nam. The
famous Coc
Bo Cave is
where
President Ho
Chi Minh
established
his
residence
and worked
on Vietnam’s
revolutionary
course after
returning
from 30
years
abroad.
Walking on
the rocks
along the
side of the
stream,
where Uncle
Ho used to
work and
fish,
visitors
reach a
wooden
bridge over
Coc Bo
rivulet
where Lenin
Stream
starts. The
water is
clear, cool
and so
tranquil
that one can
see the fish
and pebbles
on its bed
and the
green
watercress
in the
water.
Beyond the
bridge is
the place
where Uncle
Ho often
cooked soup
with
vegetable
and bamboo
shoots. By
the side of
a rugged
rocky
mountain is
Pac Po Cave.
Looking down
into the
cave from
its mouth,
you can see
the words
"February
8th, 1941"
written by
Uncle Ho on
the wall.
That was the
day he came
to live in
this small
cave, a wet
and cold
place lying
deep in a
mountain
gorge that
nobody paid
much
attention
to.
Inside
the cave
there is a
wooden board
as a bed for
Uncle Ho. In
this place,
Uncle Ho, in
the simple
dress of the
Nung ethnic
group, often
sat by the
fire at
night to
talk with
his
assistant
Pham Van
Dong, Vo
Nguyen Giap
and Phung
Chi Kien...
about the
situations
at home and
abroad.
Here, Uncle
Ho
predicted:
"In four or
five years,
the
Vietnamese
revolution
will be
successful."
His words
became true.
On September
2nd, 1945
the
Democratic
Republic of
Vietnam, the
first State
of workers
and peasants
in Asia,
came into
being. One
night when
staying in
this cave,
General Vo
Nguyen Giap
was advised
by Uncle Ho:
"Undertaking
revolutionary
activities
requires “di
cong vi
thuong”
which means,
common
benefits
must be put
above all".
His
teachings
were short,
clear and
precise as a
truth, but
to implement
them were
not easy.
About 1km
from the
mouth of Pac
Bo Cave,
there is a
small shack
by the side
of Khuoi Nam
Mountain. In
this shack
Uncle Ho
held the
eighth Party
Central
Committee
Meeting,
which
promulgated
a resolution
on
preparations
for the
armed
insurrection
and the
establishment
of the Viet
Minh and the
revolutionary
war zone.
Adjacent to
the shack is
milestone
108 marking
the
Vietnam-China
border,
where 59
years ago,
Uncle Ho
bowed to
kiss the
beloved land
of his
country,
after many
years living
abroad. At
that time he
was 50 years
old with
grey hair.
Visiting
this
historical
area,
visitors
will learn
more about
the great
life of
President Ho
Chi Minh
which is
part-
reflected
through his
optimistic
revolutionary
verses.
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