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The Cu Chi Tunnels is one of the most famous historical vestiges of Vietnam's
national lib eration war. The network consists of over 200 kilometers of tunnels
connected with one another like a cobweb. Inside are fighting posts, kitchens,
food and ammunition storage caches, medic care chambers, meeting chambers,
commanding chambers as well as living quarters which enabled guerillas to held
on to the land and fight for years. From this underground village, the
revolutionary forces staged the 1968 general offensive and the Ho Chi Minh
campaign in April 1975 to liberate South Vietnam.
The Cu Chi Tunnel represent the will, intelligence and pride of the people of
Cu Chi and symbolize the revolutionary heroism of Vietnam, Cu Chi has officially
been cited as "Vietnam's land of steel and bastion of bronze".
Foreign visitors to Vietnam are welcomed to Cu Chi to understand the hard and
protracted struggle of the Vietnamese people as well as their keen desire for
everlasting peace, independence and happiness.
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