Quang Nam Province is a famous land which has produced a number of famous people over the years. Many of these people have passed doctoral examinations under the old system. Many were famous patriot revolutionaries such as Tran Quy Cap, Hoang Dieu, Phan Thanh Tai, Nguyen Duy Hieu, Tran Cao Van, Huynh Thuc Khang, Nguyen Thanh, Phan Chu Trinh, Tran Van Du, Le Tan Trung, Do Dang Tuyen, Phan Thanh, Nguyen Van Troi and Tran Thi Ly.


Princess Doan Qui Phi’s tomb
     Doan Qui Phi (1601-1661) was the mother of Lord Hien (another name of Thai Tong Nguyen Phuc Tan). Princess Doan Qui Phi was known to be diligent, hard working, intelligent. In memory of her kindness and diligence, Nguyen Lords conferred her various respectful titles. Especially, she was honourably offered the title “Trinh Thuc Tu Tinh Due Hue Kinh Hieu Chieu Hoang Hau” by the 6th year of King Gia Long in 1806.
     Doan Quy Phi’s tomb is located in Chiem Son village, Duy Trinh commune, Duy Xuyen district. This tomb was built in the 16-17th century and it is believed to be the oldest in the south under the Lord Nguyen. Every lunar year on 24th, March the local people and family carry a thurible to commemotare her.

Provincial Chief Hoang Dieu (1828-1882)
     Hoang Dieu was born in a Confucian family in Xuan Dai village, Dien Quang commune, Dien Ban district, Quang Nam province. He was very famous for his great leaning ability. He completed a bachelors degree at the age of 19 and became junior doctor when he was only 24. On 25th April 1882, French attacked Hanoi citadel. In such an unequal battle, Hoang Dieu would rather killed himself than died in the hand of the enemy. At that time he was the chief of Ha-Ninh province. His heroic death had major repercussions encouraging many strong-willed scholars and people nationwide to fight against the enemy for the liberation of the country.
     He was reburied in his homeland at Dien Quang commune, Dien Ban District, Quang Nam Province and his tomb was retored twice in 1982 and in 1998.

Scholar Tran Van Du (1839-1885)
     Aslo being called Hoan Nhuoc, Tran Van Du was born in 1839, died in 1885. His name linked with Quang Nam Nghia Hoi movement. Doctor Tran Van Du was known as famous revolutionary. In 1875 he was designated one of the only three doctors in Viet Nam. In 1884 he became chief of the border post (Son phong Su) at Quang Nam. Following the Can Vuong proclamation, Mr Tran Van Du encouraged the resistance movement against French domination in Quang Nam along with Nguyen Duy Hieu, Phan Ba Phien and Tieu La Nguyen Thanh. he was arrested and was executed at La Qua on 13th, December 1885.
     His tomb is located in Tam An commune, Phu Ninh district on National highway 1 and next to Chien Dan tower.

 Scholar Pham Phu Thu ( 1823-1883)
     Pham Phu Thu was born in Dien Trung commune, Dien Ban district. In 1843 he passed an examination similar to today’s doctoral examination and was then appointed to the position of head of Lang Giang district. He also once held a position similar to a royal archivist, in charge of recording king Tu Duc’s activities and speeches. In 1863, he went to France with Phan Thach Gian in a mission to get back the three eastern provinces in the south which the French colonialists occupied in 1862. When he returned home, he submitted many partitions to king Tu Duc to reform the nation, but his proposals were returned and not approved by the king.
     He held many positions, he was head of Hai Duong and Quang Yen at the same time as being in charge of Thuong Chinh and Dai Dong (1874), and a great royal scholar (1878).
     His tomb is located in his homeland in a cool precinct.

Phan Thanh Tai’s tomb
     Phan Thanh Tai was born in 1870 in Bao An village, Dien Trung commune, Dien Ban district. He was one of the first western educated people in Quang Nam Province.
     He was the most enthusiastic advocate of the Dong Du monument that was initiated by Phan Boi Chau. Together with Thai Phien and Tran Cao Van, he actively participated in the organization of Vietnam Quang Phuc Hoi. He was once the leader of uprising to seize Da Nang Estuary of this organization from Quang Nam to Quang Ngai. The uprising was not successful, he was arrested by the French colonialists on the 9th of June 1916 and was executed at the age of 36.
     His tomb is now is in Vinh Dien town, Dien Ban District.

Tieu La Scholar - Nguyen Thanh (1863-1911)
     Nguyen Thanh (also known as Tieu La) was born in in 1863 in Thanh My village, Le Duong district which is now called Binh Quy in Thang Binh district. Descended from a civil service family, he became very famous for his intelligence, independence, smartness and great aspiration to release the fatherland from the early age. In 1885, he gave up his study, participating in Insergence movement and soon became a competent leader. He was assigned to to be the assistant of Quang Nam Insurgence. He was aslo among the people whose contribution to the foundation of Duy Tan Movement along with Phan Boi Chau was significantly great. He was arrested in 1908 and was sent into exile in Con Dao and died in 1911. His tomb was restored in 1997 in his hometown in a nice precinct surrounded by green line of trees and beautiful parterre.

Scholar Huynh Thuc Khang memorial house (1876-1947)
     This is a national-list historical relics located in Tien Canh commune, about 35km southwest of Tam Ky city. The old house was built by Huynh Thuc Khang’s father in 1869 reflecting a very common architecture style under the Nguyen dysnasty. It is a 3 section-house with tiled roof and skilfully carved wooden frame.
     Huynh Thuc Khang was born in 1876 in Binh Thanh, Tien Phuoc district. He was a smart and intelligent person and aslo a patriotic scholar. After the success of August 1945 Revolution, President Ho Chi Minh invited him to participating in the government system and Huynh Thuc Khang once worked as The Acting State President.
     The house has been carefully restored many times. Relics and documents relating to his life and career are displayed here.

The foundation of the house of Scholar Phan Chu Trinh (1872-1926)
     Phan Chau Trinh was born in 1872 in Tay Loc, Vinh Quy, Ha Dong district ( now known as Tam Loc commune, Phu Ninh district) and died in 1926 in Sai Gon after years of joining volutionary activities. Phan Chu Trinh was the person who took the initiative of Duy Tan Movement, and a brilliant example of patriotism and heroic spirit of struggling for nation’s interest. To memorize him, on the basement of the old house in Tay Loc where he spent his childhood, the local authority built a memorial house in an ancient architecture style on the area of 2000m2 surrounded with green bamboo.

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Historical Relics

 In the national defense struggles, Quang Nam is considered as a cradle of revolutionary movement and also a fierce, bloody battle. Such places as: Bo Bo, Cam Doi, Vinh Trinh, Cho Duoc, Chu Lai, Hon Tau, Ky Anh tunnel and Ho Chi Minh Trail etc had been recorded in national history and are the destinations for tourists.

Ky Anh tunnel
     Built in Tam Thang commune about 7 km northeast of Tam Ky city from the provincial town in the North-east, Ky Anh tunnel is one of the three biggest tunnels nationwide. It is a 20km long tunnel, under the hard and solid layer from 1-1,5 meter in depth. It was designed like a chessboard with many diverse routes. Inside the tunnel, there are many hideouts used for medical care, food storage, spying, operation, decision making and ventilation. Its routes run through every village in the district, Thach Tan and Vinh Binh are known as the largest and most important military areas. From this tunnel, local people had caused remarkable damages and losses to the enemy. Ky Anh tunnel was dug continuosly for two years from 1965 to 1967. Due to war -related damages and natural disasters, many parts of the tunnel have been dramatically destroyed, some sections were severely landslided.
     Nearby the tunnel is Thach Tan temple which is an important historical spot.

Nuoc Oa historical military base
     Being part of Tra Tan commune, Tra My district, Nuoc Oa historical military base was located in a low mountainous area about 8km southwest of Tra My district.
     This place can be considered as the main revolutionary base during the two resistance defenses. It was also the headquarter of politics, military in Military Zone 5 in the period of anti- American war. It consits the headquarter of Military Zone 5, the residence and office of Mr Chu Huy Man and Mr Vo Thu, shelters trenches, fish ponds, orange orchards, kitchen and an observatory.

Phuoc Tra Tourism site
     It is referred to as the General Headquarter of the region’s Party Committee and Command Post of the Military Zone V during the final stage of the anti-American wars (1973-1975). It used to be a large base where several important Political events were held. In this establishment, the region Party Committee drew up the plan for the general offensive and insurrection campaign in 1975, in accordance with the Decree of the central committee issued in January, 1975. The vestige complex of 21 ha, comprising wooden hall, trench, dwelling house of comrade Mr. Vo Chi Cong - Secretary of the region Party Committee at that time. After being recognized to be a national historical , many items in the site were restored and precious objects and pictures of profound historical value were exhibited.
     Phuoc Tra site is next to Tan An town about 12 km west of Hiep Duc district, 2 km south of high way 612.

Water coconut canal forest
This is a popular place linking to the heroic history records of the military force and people in Hoi An. Situated in a suburb, near rivers, surrounded with bushy and green coconut forests, this was the site of a revolutionary base in the anti- American war.
In an attempt to get rid of this area, the American imperialists carried out many assaults, even using chemicals to destroy the plants. Whatever barbarous means were used, this military base definitely caused many damages and losses to the enemy. Nowadays, this 7 acre coconut forest is beautifully verdant and is an ideal place for ecotourism, possessing animals and plants of various pieces.
     This forest lies between Hamlet’s No 2 and No 3 of the Cam Thanh comnune, Hoi An city 3 km east of Hoi An ancient town

Gieng Nha Nhi historical relict (Also called a pond of 7 brave men in Dien Ngoc commune)
     Located in Hamlet N05, Dien Ngoc comnune, Dien Ban district, 15 km north of Hoi An on the road 607 which connects Da Nang and Hoi An. This is a national historical relic in the area of 01 hectare, including a swallow pond covered by the trench, pine trees next to a monument representing the heroic spirit of revolution of the local soldiers and people. Right here, on 26th April 1962, there was a fight between 10 Vietnamese soldiers and a South Vietnam battalion. Bravely and wisely, 10 Vietnamese soldiers fought to the last and created a glorious feat of arms all over the Southern Vietnam at that time. They were conferred the title “Dien Ngoc Brave Men” by the Vietnamese Government.

Nui Thanh Victory Statue
     This was the place where Quang Nam people launched the first fight against American Imperialism and its armed forces. On May 25th 1965, Battalion No.70 of Quang Nam army section launched an attack to wipe out an American company, opening the movement “Seek American enemy to kill’’ all over North Vietnam. Nui Thanh was offered eight golden words: “Trung dung, kien cuong, di dau diet My” (loyal, fearless and advanced in killing the American enemy) by the State and Uncle Ho.

Cam Doi Victory Statue
     Cam Doi is a name of a hill located in Dong Phu town, Que Son district, 50 km Northwest of Tam Ky city. In this place, there was a fierce battle of the Vietnamese military in the war against American Imperialists. Taking advantages of the important location, American Imperialists had built the solid military base system like a blockhouse with tunnels, posts and crack soldiers battalion aiming to control the large southwest area of Que Son.
     On July 29th 1972, the regular and local army had attacked to Cam Doi area and destroyed the entire military base and widened the liberated region. Today, on this land of glorious revolutionary tradition standing an impressive statue.

The victory statue of Thuong Duc
     Possessing a large-scale and impressive architecture construction, the Victory statue of Thuong Duc is located in Dai Lanh comnune, Dai Loc district, 40 kilometers west of Da Nang. This place records the resounding victories of the 340 Division and local troops in the battle against American Imperialists on August 7^th , 1974.
     Situated in an important location in military strategy, Thuong Duc was changed into a great military base by Americans and their puppets, including a ferro-concreted tunnel system and many modern weapons-equipped posts. This base is considered as a steel gate protecting Da Nang - one of the largest military areas of American battlefield in Southern Viet Nam.
     Thuong Duc’s victory affirmed that Vietnamese troops could defeat the Americans and their puppets in every battle and it was a stepping-stone to attack the final headquarters of Sai Gon Authority, leading to the entire liberation of the southern part.

Hon Tau Military Base
     Located in the border of Que Son and Duy Xuyen district, Hon Tau is a mountain range of 950 meters high including dense forest areas. This place used to be a solid military base of Vietnamese people in the nation’s defense struggle. Hon Tau - Mat Rang was one of the rear, the place troops stationed Principal Committee of the Party Quang Nam and Quang Da base zone. Due to its special strategic location, Hon Tau was chosen as a place to set up the new province in order to control the northwest and southwest of Quang Nam, during the Royalist Movement against French colonialist by scholar Nguyen Duy Hieu.
     From the top of Hon Tau, tourists can have an overview of Le pass, Cua Dai beach, Cham island and immense green rice-paddy fields spreading to the horizon... Altogether, it looks like a watercolor picture.

Ngok-Ta-Vak entrenched fortification
     Belonging to Phuoc My district, mountainous district of Phuoc Son, Ngok-Ta-Vak is 378 meters high and situated 7 km to the southwest of Kham Duc town along the current Ho Chi Minh road. This fortification has three main parts. On the top of the hill is the site of the old headquarters and artillery combat field surrounded by barbed wire; to the west of the fortification was a heliport and to the southeast was the residence area for the puppet troops.
     On the 9^th of May 1968, a fierce battle took place, the Vietnam troops ruined the fortification, and seized a great deal of military equipment.
     Nowadays, due to the destruction of time and natural disasters only the heliport remains surrounded by mountain ranges in four directions.

Ho Chi Minh Trail - legendary road
     During the American war in Viet Nam, Ho Chi Minh trail (also called Truong Son trail) was the most important road for supplying and transporting weapons, goods, food, and military supplies from the north to the south. The section crossing Quang Nam is over 100km long and used to be one of Truong Son’s most dangerous places, having had many fierce combats. Some famous places such as Prao town, Ben Giang, Ro village, Kham Duc town, Ngok - Ta - Vak fortification and E hill are now recorded in the history and memory of the Quang Nam people.
     Nowadays, along with the development of the whole country, Ho Chi Minh trail has been built to be the main communication channel for socio-economy, national security and tourism development of Viet Nam. Visiting Truong Son trail on the tour “Discover the legendary road”, visitors can see historical sites, ethnic minority villages where unique cultures remain, primary forest and the beautiful landscapes To Mo, Grang waterfall, Thac Nuoc bridge, Dong Ram cave, Song Thanh national park and other tourist attractions..

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