The former Long Dai I and Long Dai II ferry crossings have now been replaced by bridges on National Highway 15, the North–South railway and the North–South Expressway, ensuring smooth traffic along these vital transport routes. (Photo: VNA)
Numerous artefacts, documents and wartime remnants are displayed at the Long Dai II Ferry Historical Site, helping recreate the period when the area was a wartime “fire zone” along the strategic Truong Son transport route. (Photo: VNA)
Numerous artefacts, documents and wartime remnants are displayed at the Long Dai II Ferry Historical Site, helping recreate the period when the area was a wartime “fire zone” along the strategic Truong Son transport route. (Photo: VNA)
Verses from the poem Returning by martyr Bui Nang Dac are engraved on a stone stele at the Long Dai II Ferry Historical Site. (Photo: VNA)
Numerous artefacts, documents and wartime remnants are displayed at the Long Dai II Ferry Historical Site, helping recreate the period when the area was a wartime “fire zone” along the strategic Truong Son route. (Photo: VNA)
Long Dai today has taken on a new look, marked by peace, development and a strong aspiration to move forward. (Photo: VNA)
Long Dai: From wartime fire zone to memorial site
Half a century after 16 young volunteers from Company C130, all from the northern province of Hung Yen, heroically laid down their lives at the Long Dai II ferry crossing, the historic river continues to preserve memories of a wartime fire zone along the Truong Son route.