Trần Thị Liên (1910–1991) was a Vietnamese revolutionary. Trần Thị Liên was born in Yên Nghi village (now in

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), Nghệ An Province. Her father was a geo-surveyor while her mother was a small merchant in Vinh. Liên attended and finished Nguyễn Trường Tộ primary school in Vinh.Bảo tàng Xô Viết Nghệ Tĩnh - Trần Thị Liên (1910-1991)
/ref> In the mid-1920s, Trần Thị Liên joined the New Revolutionary Party of Vietnam where she met and then married

Trần Văn Cung Trần Văn Cung (Nghi Lộc, 5 May 1906 – Hanoi, 31 October 1977) was a Vietnamese revolutionary, who was the secretary of the first communist cell in Vietnam. Family Trần Văn Cung was born 5 May 1906 in Kim Khe Trung village, Nghi Lộc D ...

- a member of Vietnam Association of Revolutionary Youths (VARY) founded by Nguyễn Ái Quốc - in 1928. In late 1928, Liên and Cung went to

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. Cung then became secretary of the first communist cell in Vietnam and a co-founder of

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(CPI). Liên joined the CPI and returned to Nghệ An along with Cung. In the late 1929, Cung was caught by French colonial government and sentenced penal servitude for life in

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. He was at first jailed in

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. In the late 1931, Liên was caught and imprisoned for a year in Vinh Prison. Her first child died during her imprison time. In October 1935, Liên was caught again when laying flyers. She was imprisoned the second time for 2 years. Thanks to activity of Popular Front, Liên and Cung were liberated in July 1936. She was awarded the Medal of Independence. Liên died on 7 July 1991 in Hanoi.

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