Former Site of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League

Former Site of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League

The Former Site of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League is a protected cultural heritage site in Guangzhou.

The Former Site of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League is located at No. 246 and 248 Wenming Road, Guangzhou (formerly No. 13 and No. 13-1 Wenming Road). It consists of two adjacent two-and-a-half-story brick-and-wood buildings, each 15 meters deep and 9 meters wide. The structure faces south and sits along the northern side of the street with arcades, while the other three sides are surrounded by residential houses. The front section features a three-story gable roof covered with tiles, while the rear section has two stories with two flat rooftops. There are balconies on the second and third floors facing the street, and the middle interior is connected by a doorway, joining the two sections into one cohesive unit.

In mid-December 1924, Ho Chi Minh arrived in Guangzhou from Moscow. The following year, he reorganized the Vietnamese revolutionary group “Heart-to-Heart Society” here, recruiting members such as Hu Songmao and Le Hong Phong to establish the Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League (the predecessor of the Communist Party of Vietnam). The organization proposed a political program to overthrow colonialism, strive for national independence, establish a worker-peasant-soldier government, unite the proletariat of all countries, and build a communist society. Using this location as their headquarters, they published the magazine “The Path of Revolution,” which was secretly smuggled into Vietnam, and also held political training classes for Vietnamese youth.

The eastern side of the third floor contains a hall and two rooms where Ho Chi Minh worked and rested. The western side of the third floor served as classrooms and dormitories for the Vietnamese Youth Political Training Class. In addition to Ho Chi Minh’s lectures, notable figures such as Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Chen Yannian, and Li Fuchun were also invited to teach. A total of three sessions were held: the first with 5 students, the second with 15, and the third with 30. Due to space limitations at the original site, the third session was relocated to Renxing Street in Donggao Avenue. After graduation, most students returned to Vietnam to engage in revolutionary activities, while a small number stayed in China. Some later participated in the Guangzhou Uprising and struggles in the Soviet areas.

The site underwent restoration in 1973.

In 1999, the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government designated it as a cultural heritage protection unit.