Trường Sơn — Hồ Chí Minh TrailSixty years ago, Gia Nghĩa Town was the meeting point between the North and South on the Trường Sơn Trail, hence the reason for holding the conference there. In 1971, French author Van Geirt published his book, La Piste Hồ Chí Minh, or The Hồ Chí Minh Trail describing how the US spent a tremendous amount of resources trying in vain to cut off the supply line. Along the Trường Sơn – Hồ Chí Minh Trail, the US also dropped Agent Orange to destroy green foliage, which the North used for cover. image: http://image.vietnamnews.vn/uploadvnnews/Article/2019/5/17/11823_02.jpgFrom small segments of dirt roads, the Hồ Chí Minh Trail grew into a network of five roads along the Trường Sơn Mountain Range. image: http://image.vietnamnews.vn/uploadvnnews/Article/2019/5/17/11895_00.jpgGeneral Ngô Xuân Lịch leads a team of senior millitary officers to pay tribute to fallen soldiers at the Hồ Chí Minh Trail Museum.

Source: Viet Nam News May 19, 2019 02:03 UTC