THE PEAK OF POLITICAL STRUGGLE IN HOI AN (QUANG NAM) VIET NAM IN 1966

Abstract The article focuses on researching the peak of the political struggle in 1966. In this article, the author uses two main research methods of historical science (historical method combined with logical method). In particular, the historical method will help the author present the historical picture of the research problem. At the same time, using the historical method helps the author present the historical picture of the research problem. With the historical method, the author will give the most objective comments and assessments. The completed article is based on many published sources such as documents, summary works of the Party and State, works written about the resistance war against the US (1954-1975). Especially secret documents of the Sai Gon regime are stored at National Archives Center II (Ho Chi Minh City); National Archives Center IV (Da Lat). Thereby, the article clarifies the following main issues: political struggles in Hoi An developed vigorously, particularly during the peak of the political struggle in 1966. The event in which the people of Hoi An seized control of the town for more than one month constituted a “political punch” delivered directly at the administrative center of the RVN provincial government. This struggle created favorable conditions for the subsequent development of the Hoi An revolutionary movement and contributed significantly to its eventual victory in the following years.