This Day in History September 29: Notable Historical Events on September 29

Domestic events taking place on September 29

September 29, 1969:The Politburo issued Directive No. 173-CT/TW on the political activity: "Studying and following President Ho's Testament".

September 29, 1975:The 24th Conference of the Party Central Committee (term III) issued a resolution on national defense and security tasks in the new period.

September 29, 2008:Vietnam and Japan have completed the agreement in principle on the Vietnam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (Vietnam-Japan EPA). This is a comprehensive bilateral agreement, built in accordance with the standards and principles of the World Trade Organization (WTO), aiming to create a favorable connection of goods, capital, technology and skilled labor of the two countries, contributing to improving the competitiveness of the two economies in the region and the world. (Source: nhandan.vn)

September 29, 2010:The first ASEAN Heads of Security Agencies (MACOSA) Conference took place in Hanoi with the participation of 10 delegations from ASEAN countries. The first MACOSA Conference was held with the theme “ASEAN Security Cooperation: Potential, Prospects and Development Orientation”, an initiative of the host country Vietnam as ASEAN Chair in 2010. (Source: qdnd.vn)

September 29, 2010:The 4th National Congress of the Vietnam Association for Promoting Education opened in Hanoi. (Source: qdnd.vn)

September 29, 2011:In Buon Ma Thuot city, the Party Committee and Command of Military Region 5 held the opening ceremony of the Military Region 5 Television - Newspaper Resident Office in the Central Highlands.

September 29, 2017:In Nam Dan district, Nghe An province, the inauguration ceremony and handover of the President Ho Chi Minh Memorial House from the Government of the Lao PDR to the Kim Lien Relic Site took place.

September 29, 2019:National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly visited and inspected the construction of the Lao National Assembly House on That Luang Square, in the center of Vientiane. (Source: VNA)

International events taking place on September 29

September 29, 1887:German sports club Hamburger SV was formed with the merger of Der Hohenfelder Sportclub and Wandsbek-Marienthaler Sportclub.

September 29, 1911:Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.

September 29, 1954:Twelve countries signed an agreement to establish the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the world's largest particle physics laboratory today.

September 29, 1957:The Kyshtym disaster was the third worst nuclear accident ever recorded.

September 29, 1971:Oman joins the Arab League.

September 29, 1972:China and Japan signed a joint statement, normalizing diplomatic relations between the two sides.

September 29, 1988: NASA launches STS-26, the first mission since the Challenger disaster.

September 29, 1990:Completed construction of Washington National Cathedral.

September 29, 2009:An 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck under the sea off the Samoa Islands, triggering a tsunami that killed more than 100 people.

September 29, 2012:The European Autonomous Cargo Ship ATV-3 successfully separated from the International Space Station (ISS) using the "Star" module at 1:46 a.m. on September 29, after a failed first separation attempt two days earlier. The ATV-3 cargo ship carried more than 4.3 tons of cargo including fuel, oxygen and water for the crew on the station. (Source: qdnd.vn)

September 29, 2014: India terminates safeguard investigation on raw elastomeric yarn products.

September 29, 2020:The UK and the European Union (EU) have begun an important round of negotiations to agree on bilateral relations after the UK leaves the EU, also known as Brexit. (Source: qdnd.vn)