The list of martyr-journalists is being updated based on different resources, including the books “Fallen journalists,” “Gratitude to fallen journalists,” “Standing in the bombed area,” documents, photos, newspapers, minutes provided by press agencies, journalists, and journalists’ families.
Many journalists, resiliently and bravely holding both pens and guns, sacrificed their lives during the Fatherland protection wars. Many laid down their lives in the renewal period and current national construction cause. Though they have passed away, their courageous spirit will shine forever.
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Delegates offer incense in tribute to martyr-journalists. |
To express gratitude to the fallen journalists, the Vietnam Press Museum has organized an incense-offering ceremony right in the memorial area.
In this event, in the solemn background music of the song “Hon Tu si” (Souls of the Fallen), each participant offered a red rose to the fallen journalists who were experts in their field and brave in action.
Journalist Tran Thi Kim Hoa, a cadre of the museum, hoped that this commemoration program for martyr-journalists would be organized annually because it is a meaningful event for current journalists to express gratitude to their predecessors who sacrificed their lives for national independence and for the revolutionary press of Vietnam.
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Statues of martyr-journalists displayed in the museum |
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Belongings of martyr-journalists |
In the memorial space, on display are a number of belongings of fallen journalists, such as photos, articles, cameras, pens that were faded by time and imbued with smell of war. These exhibits help viewers learn more about the sacrifice of the soldier-journalists.
Among the honored journalists is martyr-journalist Le Dinh Du of the People’s Army Newspaper. Born in 1931, the journalist joined battles in the famous Dien Bien Phu Campaign. With high sense of responsibility and exemplary spirit, journalist Le Dinh Du worked for the newspaper, for readers, and for high quality of the dissemination work. He was present in many fierce theaters. In 2015, the People’s Army Newspaper organized a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City to posthumously bestow the title “Hero of the People’s Armed Forces” on the journalist.
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News crew from the People’s Army Newspaper at Northern Quang Tri Front from the left: Nguyen Duc Toai, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu and Le Dinh Du. In 1968, journalists Le Dinh Du and Nguyen Ngoc Nhu were killed in the battle at Lam Xuan Dong in the Southern bank of the Ben Hai River. |
Attending the commemoration ceremony and hearing touching stories about martyr-journalists, Nguyen Thanh Huyen, a student of the Academy of Journalism and Communication, said that the more stories about martyr-journalists she hears, the more she loves her chosen subject at the school. She stressed that those journalists will be bright examples for her and others, who were born in peacetime and know about the wars through media and newspapers, to study and follow.
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Belongings of martyr-journalists |
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Many viewers visit the Vietnam Press Museum |
Promoting the good tradition of “When drinking water, remember its source,” there will be more such significant activities to connect the past and the present and to beautify the golden pages of today and future’s Vietnamese revolutionary press.
Translated by Mai Huong