Nha Den Cho Quan Memorial in HCMC’s District 5 inaugurated
Thursday, 22/12/2022 16:23 (GMT+7)
An inauguration ceremony was organized by the People’s Committee of District 5 in HCMC to inaugurate Nha Den Cho Quan Memorial at No.628-630 on Vo Van Kiet Street in Ward 1 on December 21.
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| Delegates at the event (Photo: hcmcpv.org.vn) |
Nha Den Cho Quan, also known as Cho Quan electricity generating station was built at the end of the 19th century and located on Ben Ham Tu, a wharf in old Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City at present) on the Ben Nghe River. The station generated electricity to meet the basic street lighting needs of Saigon, Cho Lon and several outlying areas.
Along with the development of the electricity generating station, a team of the Saigon-Cho Lon electric workers and the Party Committee of Nha Den Cho Quan station were also established. The building saw the heroic struggle of Battalion 269 in the Nha Den Cho Quan battle in the Mau Than Offensive 1968.
The plant temporarily stopped generating electricity in the 2000s and closed in 2012.
Speaking at the ceremony, Vice Secretary of the Party Committee of District 5 Huynh Ngoc Nu Phuong Hong said that the construction of Nha Den Cho Quan Memorial aims to remember historical events associated with the station and pay tribute to heroic soldiers and martyrs, including heroic martyr Nguyen Van Troi, who joined struggles for democracy and against imperialism and colonial oppression./.
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