HÀ NỘI On the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the birth of Lý Tự Trọng (October 20, 1914 - October 20, 2024), the first Communist Youth Union member, the Standing Committee of the Central Agencies Bloc Youth Union has produced an animated short film about the life and revolutionary career of the hero.

The film is made in the form of a 2D Cutout animation (using computer technology and high-quality graphics), lasting seven minutes.

All characters, backgrounds and settings were hand-drawn in black and white by artists, then redrawn using computer graphics.

The film realistically and touchingly depicts the life and revolutionary career of comrade Lý Tự Trọng, emphasising the resilience and patriotism of the young hero.

The film aims to educate on patriotic traditions, arousing national pride and the sense of responsibility of the young generation towards the country through the brave example of Lý Tự Trọng.

The Standing Committee of the Central Agencies Bloc Youth Union hopes that the form of an animated film, will resonate with teenagers and children nationwide. The film will be widely released on social networking platforms and shown at Youth Union chapter meetings nationwide.

It is part of the youth project 'Sáng mãi tên anh' (Forever His Name Will Shine) of the Central Agencies Bloc Youth Union presented to the Hà Tĩnh Provincial Youth Union on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of Lý Tự Trọng.

The project was carried out by the Central Agencies Bloc Youth Union at the Lý Tự Trọng Memorial Site, Thạch Hà District, Hà Tĩnh Province, which includes support for the construction of a cinema room with a capacity of 300 people.

The cinema will allow Hà Tĩnh Provincial Youth Union to organise regular educational activities through films for children and young people in Thạch Hà District and the wider Hà Tĩnh Province.

Lý Tự Trọng, whose real name is Lê Văn Trọng, was born on October 10, 1914, in Ban May village, Nakhon province, Thailand, into a patriotic family, who originally came from Thạch Minh commune, Thạch Hà district, Hà Tĩnh province.  

After the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association was founded, President Hồ Chí Minh planned to establish an organisation mainly for the young people. In 1926, President Hồ Chí Minh sent his staff to Thailand to find Vietnamese young people and gathered them to make a group and trained them to be revolutionists. Lý Tự Trọng was one of eight members of the group, whom President Hồ Chí Minh trained by himself.

In 1929, Lý Tự Trọng returned to Việt Nam with the important mission of founding the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union and connecting the South Region Party Committee with the Vietnam Communist Party. He was a liaison officer for communists abroad while working on ships to Sài Gòn seaport.

On February 9, 1931, at the one-year anniversary of Yên Bái rebellion, he shot dead a French spy, Legrand.

Trọng was immediately arrested, and then barbarously tortured. He was executed on November 20, 1931, when he was just 17 years old.

Lý Tự Trọng is named for a public park in Hà Nội and a road in the downtown of Hồ Chí Minh City.-