for the political prisoners. It was published on June 6, 1936, two days after Léon Blum, then the new French prime minister came to power. The paper was a success until the French closed it down on the fifth issue. To get around the problems, Vo Nguyên Giap had decided to publish a newspaper in French. Thus Le Travail was born on September 16, 1936. Vo Nguyên Giap became the editor in chief. Trường Chinh joined in when he was released from jail in late 1936. [Chinh was already a longtime member of the Politburo and a communist functionary]. Soon thereafter Phạm Văn Đồng also came to work at Le Travail (Dong was also a Politburo member and long time communist functionary). Life of Le Travail Many students from Albert Sarraut joined in without much knowledge about communism, including Hoàng Văn Chí. On 16 April 1937 the French Resident ordered stopping all publication of Le Travail. By then thirty issues of the paper had been published over the seven months of its existence. References External links 1. The Plight of the Able-bodied Poor and the Unemployed in Urban France, 1880-1914 European History Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 2, 147-184 (2000) © 2000 SAGE Publications - - Timothy B. Smith - Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario 2. Senior General Vo Nguyên Giap remembers Journal of Third World Studies, Fall 2003 by Currey, Cecil B Vietnamese independence movement Rebellions in Vietnam Conflicts in 1936 Conflicts in 1937 1936 in Vietnam 1937 in Vietnam