How The Paper Was Born
Apparently, Vo Nguyên Giap had tried to publish another paper few months earlier under the name "Hon Tre Tap Moi " in Vietnamese, to fight for democracy, to claim amnesty for political prisoners, and to approve of the French Front Populaire.
Vo Nguyên Giap had found out from a news bulletin that in May 1936, the French "Front Populaire" composed of ten political organizations, among them the communist and socialist parties, forming the nucleus of the Front, had won general elections.
Vo Nguyên Giap, then was preoccupied with how to fight the anticolonialist war, immediately thought of taking advantage of this situation for his movement. The news paper was used as a political tool.
"Hon Tre Tap Moi" was practically the first newspaper in Vietnam to promote democracy, and demand amnesty for the political prisoners. It was published on June 6, 1936, two days after Leon Blum, then the new French prime minister came to power. The paper was a success until the French closed it down on the fifth issue.
To get around the problems, Vo Nguyên Giap had decided to publish a newspaper in French. Thus "Le Travail" was born on September 16, 1936. Vo Nguyên Giap became the editor in chief. Truong Chinh joined in when he was released from jail in late 1936. . Soon thereafter Phạm Văn Đồng also came to work at Le Travail (Dong was also a Politburo member and long time communist functionary).
Read more about this topic: Le Travail Movement
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