PANO – The road to the Dinh Hoa Safety Zone (ATK Dinh Hoa) was inaugurated and put into operation on November 5 in the presence of Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Defense Minister, representatives of Military Region 1, the Engineering Corps, and leaders of Thai Nguyen province and Dinh Hoa district.

Cutting the ribbon to inaugurate the road

The construction of the road was kicked off in 2015 by Brigade 249 of the Engineering Corps under the direction of the Department of Operations of the General Staff. After more than one year, the construction work has been completed as scheduled, meeting the set requirements. The road is 2,382.25m long and 3.5m wide, covered with an 18cm-thick concrete layer on the surface. On this occasion, the Department of Operations also inaugurated and handed over its historical relic stele in side the ATK relic complex to Dinh Hoa district.

Participants tour the road after the inauguration ceremony.

ATK Dinh Hoa is a special national relic site, where President Ho Chi Minh and Party and State leaders lived and worked during the 1947-1954 period, to lead the resistance war against the French colonialists. This is also the place where many important decisions of the Party and State were made. At present, Dinh Hoa ATK is a place for educating younger generations of the revolutionary tradition and patriotism.

The newly-built road is important, facilitating the implementation of the economic mission of the locality in particular and defense mission in general.

Addressing the inauguration ceremony, the Chief of the General Staff hoped that the Party Committee and authorities of the locality would well run the road to contribute to boosting socio- economic development of locality.

Translated by Huu Duong