 In November 1963, Nguyễn Minh Triết escaped to a war zone working in Sàigòn - Gia Định.He then worked as an accountant and researcher at the Central Committee of the Revolutionary People's Revolutionary Youth Union.On 30 March 1965, Triết was admitted to the Southern Revolutionary People's Party under alias Trần Phong also known as Sáu Phong, and was appointed secretary of the Youth Union Central Committee of the People's Revolutionary League in South Central Committee and went to the battlefield in Mỹ Tho Province until 1973.