Smokeless 'Hoang Cam' kitchen was a small yet extremely significant initiative of a soldier chef named Hoang Cam in the Hoa Binh campaign in 1951 – 1952. This legendary stove, later named after him, accompanied the nation in the 1954 Dien Bien Phu Campaign, and during the resistance war against the US.
"Hoang Cam” stove ensures hot meals for soldiers in training, combat
readiness.
General Vo Nguyen Giap said that when mentioning
the Hoa Binh campaign, it would be a mistake not to mention the initiative that
brought about very important improvements for the meals of soldiers.
During the Hoa Binh campaign, Hoang Cam, a
soldier chef at Infantry Division 308, invented astove intake and chimney
system which diffused and dissipated smoke from cooking, thus preventing aerial
detection of smoke by military planes. The smoke from the stove rising through
the chimney system is only a thin strip that quickly dissipates as it leaves
the ground.
The "Hoang Cam” stove quickly became popular
among units, especially in Dien Bien Phu Campaign.
The invention helped chefs cook during the day
even when enemy reconnaissance planes flew overhead. The stove was effective in
all subsequent campaigns, even in the resistance against the US.
Many veterans said that without the Hoang Cam
stove, cooking meals to ensure the health of soldiers would still be very
difficult.
With this initiative, soldiers were able to take
hot meals and hot water in winter, and field military medical stations had hot
water to sterilise medical instruments. This initiative held significant value
in practical military operations and combat, contributing to maintaining the
health and the number of soldiers in long campaigns.
The use of the "Hoang Cam" stove in combat
was proven effective during the Dien Bien Phu Campaign, ensuring secrecy and
surprise, and avoiding detection by enemy aircraft, thereby minimising
casualties for the military.
The subcommittee for documents of the 18th Hoa Binh provincial Party Congress, the 2025 - 2030 term, convened on March 3 to review and incorporate public feedback on the congress’s draft documents. The meeting was chaired by Nguyen Phi Long, an alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee. It was attended by senior provincial officials, including Bui Thi Minh, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Council; Bui Duc Hinh, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee; other members of the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee; and members of the document subcommittee.
Muong Bi - Tan Lac, one of the four major Muong ethnic minority-inhabited regions in Hoa Binh, is known for not only its distinctive cultural identity but also its proud history of heroism, with great contributions to the victory against US invaders in the past. Today, Tan Lac district continues to uphold this legacy while embracing development and renewal.
March 3 marked the first official working day for specialised agencies under the provincial People's Committee following the merger or transfer of functions and tasks from the previous agencies. On this day, the newly merged departments and agencies took proactive steps to arrange personnel, organise workflows, and implement tasks efficiently, ensuring that administrative procedures were carried out smoothly without interruption.
Kim Boi district of Hoa Binh province has thoroughly implemented and adhered to Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW on restructuring the organisational apparatus of the political system towards a streamlined, efficient, and effective direction, ensuring no disruption of work.
By mid-February, Da Bac district completed a plan to streamline its organisational apparatus and personnel work, marking a milestone in efforts to promote restructuring towards a leaner, more efficient organisational system, closely following directives from the Party Central Committee’s Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, and Conclusion No. 121-KL/TW, and Resolution No. 27-NQ/TU of the provincial Party Committee and Conclusion No. 1103-KL/TU by the provincial Party Organisation’s standing board.
Imbued with President Ho Chi Minh's teaching "The Party cell are the Party’s grassroots foundations. A strong Party cell ensures the effective implementation of the Party’s policies and continuous progress in all tasks," the Party Committee of Kim Boi commune, Kim Boi District, has rolled out the "four-good Party cell" model. The initiative has created a positive change, enhancing the leadership capacity and fighting spirit of Party organisations and their members.
