Rally, parade to celebrate April 30 Victory
At exactly 6:30 this morning, April 30, in Ho Chi Minh City, a rally, parade, and march took place to celebrate the 40th anniversary of national reunification.
The rally, parade and march to celebrate the country's reunification officially took place in the center of Ho Chi Minh City, organized by the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the National Assembly, the President, the Government, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and Ho Chi Minh City.
The first part of the program took place with heroic songs arousing patriotism and national pride.
The ceremony was attended by up to 6,000 people from various forces: army, police, people, students, and organizations...
7:05, Flag salute ceremony begins
7:05 a.m., flag-raising ceremony begins: General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, former General Secretaries Le Kha Phieu, Nong Duc Manh, President Truong Tan Sang, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung and many leaders and former leaders of the Party and State attended the ceremony...
Many international delegations, heroic Vietnamese mothers, military and police generals, representatives of veterans and representatives of departments and branches... were also present on the stage.
7:15: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung read the opening speech of the ceremony.
7:40: Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Thai, former deputy political commissar of the 7th Corps, 4th Division, who participated in the Ho Chi Minh campaign in the spring of 1975, spoke.
7:50:Nguyen Dao Phuong Thuy, a 4th year student at Ho Chi Minh City University of Law, represents the younger generation of Vietnam.
8:00:The parade to celebrate national reunification officially took place under the direction of Lieutenant General Nguyen Quoc Khanh, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army.
Five-wing Army Flag Block
The commemoration includes two main activities: a memorial incense offering ceremony and a rally, parade and march. The memorial incense offering ceremony will take place at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Martyrs' Monument in Hanoi and the Martyrs' Cemetery, Ben Duoc Memorial Temple, Cu Chi District, Ho Chi Minh City before April 30.
The parade program had the participation of 38 armed forces with all military branches and forces; veterans, the masses... which contributed greatly to the resistance war to liberate the South and unify the country.
The parade will also recreate the forces participating in the 1975 Spring General Offensive and simulate the five liberation army wings advancing towards Saigon.
Liberation Army Block
Special Forces Block
Female Information Officers Block representing the Information and Communications Corps (Screenshot)
The Mobile Police Block represents the Mobile Police force.
The parade formation and marching demonstrate the heroic spirit of the historic victory of April 30, 1975, the invincible strength of the great national unity bloc; the growth and maturity of the Vietnamese people's armed forces, encouraging and motivating our entire Party, people and army to enthusiastically rise up to successfully carry out the cause of renovation, building and defending the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland, actively contributing to the struggle movement of the world's people for peace, national independence, democracy and social progress.
Video clip of the solemn flag-raising ceremony before the ceremony:
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Video clip of the art program with the theme "Vietnam - A unified country":
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Parade program:
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Red block video:
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Video of military parade:
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Video of police parade:
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According to VOV/VnExpress
