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. 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).