Foreign media reports on Vietnam's April 30 anniversary

The media in Argentina, Venezuela, France, Japan, and Germany all reported extensively on the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of the South (April 30, 1975).

South American press reported

In Buenos Aires, the Argentine government news agency Telam continuously published 5 articles related to Vietnam, highly appreciating the significance of the April 30 victory, about President Ho Chi Minh and General Vo Nguyen Giap.

In the article “Saigon 40 years ago: The end of the Vietnam War, America lost”, the article affirmed that the victory on April 30 moved the whole world. This was the most disastrous defeat of the US army.

In another article, Telam highly appreciated the role of President Ho Chi Minh and General Vo Nguyen Giap in the fight against foreign invaders of the Vietnamese people. The life and revolutionary career of the two “military strategists” were briefly reviewed by the newspaper.

Telam also republished an article by Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Dinh Thao expressing gratitude to peace-loving people around the world who wholeheartedly supported the just war of the Vietnamese people, including the people of Argentina.

On the same day, Argentina's Latin American newspaper published an article titled "40 years of unification: Vietnam, the name of victory." The article summarized the entire history of fighting and sacrificing of the Vietnamese people through two wars against French colonialism and American imperialism.

Media from various countries reported on the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of the South (April 30, 1975)

Meanwhile, Venezuelan national television has aired a report recently made in Vietnam by journalist Vincent Montagud about child victims of Agent Orange. The report emphasizes that 40 years have passed, but the war still has extremely tragic consequences in Vietnam.

Thousands of people still suffer from the effects of Agent Orange, which was dropped by the US military during the war. Many children are born with birth defects and cancer. Most of the victims are veterans and their children.

April 30, 1975 news broadcast across continents

Not only that, news about April 30, 1975 took up a large amount of space in mass media across all continents.

The New York Times wrote: “On April 30, 1975, revolutionary forces and soldiers from North Vietnam took control of the capital of Saigon in the South, forcing the South Vietnamese government to resign and bringing an end to the Vietnam War.”

The AP newspaper said that the event of April 30, 1975 put an end to a century of Western influence on Vietnam.

“Tanks and armored vehicles of the liberation army in the North entered the presidential palace. The president of the old government in the South announced his surrender on radio and television, then was taken to the loudspeaker by soldiers from the North to make another announcement,” the newspaper reported.

The French news agency AFP in a report also said that the April 30 event in Vietnam was the most prominent event in Asia in 1975.

According to the news agency, this was an earthquake that shook the earth, leading to the birth of a new power – a unified Vietnam. The newspaper also commented that this event would have a significant impact on the region and the world in the near future.

Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper said that the event that happened the day before marked the end of the Vietnam War with the victory of the liberation forces.

“That can be affirmed, the time when big countries used force to stifle nationalism has ended,” the newspaper wrote.

Also reported, on April 29, German Radio (DLF) broadcast a long report on the end of the Vietnam War 40 years ago, as well as on the development of Vietnam today. The article quoted a number of historical witnesses talking about the heroic spirit of the Northern soldiers who tirelessly marched day and night to liberate the South.

The newspaper "Neues Deutschland" (New Germany) also had an article about the rapprochement between Vietnam and the US 40 years after the end of the war.

Meanwhile, German television channel N-TV also aired the historical documentary "The War Without Frontlines" about the Vietnam War, revolving around the period before and after the signing of the Paris Agreement. The film was produced by national television station ZDF with much information condemning this unjust war.

According to baodatviet.vn