Symposium recalls 1968 Tet General Offensive and Uprising in Can Tho

At the symposium. Photo: vov.vn

Pham Van Hieu, Deputy Secretary of the Can Tho city Party Committee, said that Lo Vong Cung (arc-shaped road) which stretches 30km from Cai Rang town to Ba Se-Giao Dan in O Mon district was the fiercest battlefield in former Can Tho province during the 1968 Tet General Offensive and Uprising .

Despite disadvantages in numbers and weapon, Can Tho people and armed forces liberated four key communes with 10,000 people, he said.

Hien noted that Lo Vong Cung has been recognized as a national heritage site and all wards and communes along the road have been honored with the title of “Hero of the People’s Armed Forces.”

Many delegates at the symposium proposed tapping tourism potential of relic sites along Lo Vong Cung to turn the road into a “green tourism belt.”

During the anti-US resistance war, Lo Vong Cung served as the enemy’s defensive area to protect the headquarters of the IV Corps Tactical Zone, Tra Noc Airport and representative offices of the US and its puppet government in Can Tho.

Within the framework of the symposium, there is an exhibition displaying 231 objects and 37 photos on the uprising of soldiers and people of Can Tho in the Spring of 1968.

Source: VNA