Ngueyn Chi Thanh interview

…at home I heard gunfire. The Chinese entered into Dong Dang that day and fighting was going on. But I stayed on for seven more days before leaving. Then I went to Dong-mo (the mining area?) and stayed there for 10 days before coming back home again. When I arrived in town I saw that the Chinese had placed a 50-kilogram mine here at this building with the intention of blowing it up. If the mine had gone off this whole building would have been destroyed. They broke down this door and destroyed quite a number of things in here. There are still traces of their destruction around. We suffered a lot of losses. But on our part, we just had to rebuild, that's all. And in the end they had to withdraw.

I want to remain forever in Lang Son. After me, my children; and after my children, my grandchildren. No matter how many times the foreign invaders come and destroy this place, I will continue to rebuild and will continue to remain here forever. I will never be afraid. [A] If I have to fight again, I will fight again.