" During the holy resistance war against the French colonialism, inside the deep forests of Viet Bac, the Office of the Defense Ministry - the General Headquarters had moved several times, but is as basically located in Dinh Hoa Safety Zone in Thai Nguyen Province - one of the cradles of the revolution and the center of the resistance war. With the aim of recording & keeping permanently sentimental moments between General Vo Nguyen Giap and Thai Nguyen Party Committee, government & people; and vice versa, the National Political Publishing House, in cooperation with Thai Nguyen Radio & Television Broadcasting Station, publishes the book The Four-star General Vo Nguyen Giap in Relationship with Thai Nguyen Province to celebrate great anniversaries in 2010 and welcome the conventions of party committees of all levels in Thai Nguyen Province towards the Eleventh National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam. We have the honour to introduce this book to the readers ". ( From the Notes of the Publisher )