The Political Department of Military Zone 5 opened an exhibition on the Ho Chi Minh Trail at the zone’s museum on May 16, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail, also known as Truong Son Trail.
Da Nang (VNA) – The PoliticalDepartment of Military Zone 5 opened an exhibition on the Ho Chi Minh Trail atthe zone’s museum on May 16, on the occasion of the 60th anniversaryof the legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail, also known as Truong Son Trail.
More than 180 images andartefacts are being displayed to reflect the fierce battle along the logisticsroute from the North to the South during the anti-American resistance war, andalso the continued role of the road in the cause of national industrialization andmodernization.
On May 19, 1959, the Politburoand President Ho Chi Minh made a decision to open a strategic logistics routeto assist the southern battlefield. A special military unit, later named Group559, was established to build the route, which ran along the Truong Sonmountain range through 20 provinces of the three Indochinese countries.
The Ho Chi Minh Trail was themain artery from northern Vietnam to battlefields in southern Vietnam, Laos andCambodia. It has a total length of nearly 20,000km, plus a “secret” route3,140km long and 1,400km of petrol pipeline.
The transport route played adecisive role in the great victory of the anti-US war for national liberation.
At present, the route tillserves as an important road in the national construction and development cause inall aspects of culture, economy, society, security, and defence.-VNA
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Naval soldiers at the exhibition (Photo: VNA) 
