Communal house dedicated to hero Nguyen Trung Truc upgraded

PANO – The cultural and historical relic of the communal house dedicated to national hero Nguyen Trung Truc was recently upgraded in Ganh Dau commune, Phu Quoc Island district, Kien Giang province by the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the district’s People’s Committee.

The communal house was built by locals in 1993.

Delegates at the groundbreaking ceremony for the project

So far, it has hosted 20 death anniversaries of hero Nguyen Trung Truc and become the locals’ address to practice their beliefs as well as a tourist destination among domestic and international visitors.

The house was recognized as a provincial-level cultural and historical relic site in 2011.

Ho Chi Minh City-based Cityland Company spent VND 30 billion to upgrade the facility.

Hero Nguyen Trung Truc was the leader of an uprising in the resistance war against French colonialists in the late 19th century in the South. He achieved several big feats of arms, including the burning of the French ship Espérance in 1861.

Source: bienphong.com.vnTranslated by Ngoc Bich

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