Xeo Duoc Historic Site | place with historical importance, region

 place with historical importance, region

The site locates in Phu My Village of Phu Tan County, Ca Mau Province. Phu My in fact was described by Mr. Brière in his report "Raport sur la circonscription de Ca Mau" in the "Excursions et Reconnaissances V. 1, published in 1879 as a village where he can see the areca palm and betel plant as well as ochard of oranges and lemons. He wrote, " Ce village, qui ne compte cependant que 33 inscrits, se divise en 11 hameaux et occupe tout l'espace compris entre la mer, le Dâm-cung et le Bài-hap" (The village which not more than 33 registered families, made up 11 hamlets and occupied a wide land up to the seas - Dam Cung and Bay Hap, was established in the 1st year of Thieu Tri Reign (1848).
Being a remote place once it's considered as an unreachable by land, and one can only visit there by small boat, for the lake is not deep enough for large one.
During the VN war against the US, this was chosen to set up the headquarter of the Provincial Committee of Communist Party of Ca Mau to lead the arm force and people to struggle against the US Armed Force and RVNAF. The headquarter consists of the working office of the Provincial Secretary, the the Telecommunication Station, the guards, a system of underground caves, the dining room.
In 1962, in Xeo Duoc Base Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Sanh, then Secretary of Provincial Committee hold an open meeting to evaluate the resisting movement of the people in the province, and mapped out the strategy for the struggle against the USAF and RVNAF.
Through out the two wars against French and the US, this base had been always protected effectively safely by the people.
It is here today a monument together with some buildings have been set up in memory of the base. It becomes an attractive historic and green site to the tourists. In 2010 for the first time you can reach this place by road.