Solemn Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification
Friday, Aug/29/2025 - 20:45
On the morning of April 30, in Ho Chi Minh City, the Party Central Committee, the National Assembly, the President, the Government, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, and the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City solemnly held the Ceremony commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 – April 30, 2025).
As a historical event of particularly important significance, the Ceremony was attended by senior leaders of the Party, State, National Assembly, Government, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front, along with delegates from inside and outside the country. It is expected that General Secretary Tô Lâm will deliver an important keynote address; representatives of veterans who took part in the Hồ Chí Minh Campaign and representatives of the younger generation will also speak at the event.
After the ceremonial proceedings, the parade began with a performance by a squadron of helicopters carrying the Party flag and the National flag, accompanied by fighter squadrons of the Vietnam People’s Army flying over the skies of downtown Ho Chi Minh City.
Participating in the military parade and mass march were 38 formations of the armed forces (25 formations of the Army and militia; 13 formations of the Public Security forces) and 12 marching formations representing mass organizations. In addition, parade formations of the Armies of China, Laos, and Cambodia also took part in the program.
General Secretary Tô Lâm delivers the keynote address at the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification – Photo: Vietnam News Agency (TTXVN).
Attending the Ceremony were: General Secretary Tô Lâm; former General Secretary Nông Đức Mạnh; Politburo member and President Lương Cường; former Politburo members and former Presidents Nguyễn Minh Triết and Trương Tấn Sang; Politburo member and Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính; former Politburo member and former Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng; Politburo member and Chairperson of the National Assembly Trần Thanh Mẫn; former Politburo members and former National Assembly Chairpersons Nguyễn Văn An and Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân; Politburo member and Standing Member of the Party Secretariat Trần Cẩm Tú, Head of the Central Steering Committee for the commemoration of major anniversaries and significant historical events of the country in 2025; former Politburo members and former Standing Members of the Party Secretariat Phan Diễn and Trần Quốc Vượng; Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, and Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Đỗ Văn Chiến.
Also attending the Ceremony were Politburo members and former Politburo members; Secretaries and former Secretaries of the Party Central Committee; members and former members of the Party Central Committee; Vice Presidents and former Vice Presidents; Deputy Prime Ministers and former Deputy Prime Ministers; Vice Chairpersons and former Vice Chairpersons of the National Assembly; members of the Central Steering Committee for the commemoration of major anniversaries and significant historical events in 2025; leaders of ministries, central agencies, mass organizations, and Ho Chi Minh City; leaders of certain centrally-run provinces and cities; revolutionaries of the earlier generations; Vietnamese Heroic Mothers; Heroes of the People’s Armed Forces; Labor Heroes; generals of the people’s armed forces; representatives of soldiers, war veterans, former public security officers, former youth volunteers, former logistics workers at the frontlines; participants in the historic Hồ Chí Minh Campaign; and families of war invalids, martyrs, and those who rendered distinguished service to the nation.
General Secretary Tô Lâm and leaders and former leaders of the Party and State, together with international guests and delegates at the Ceremony – Photo: VGP/Nhật Bắc
Attending the Commemoration were high-level international delegations: the high-level delegation of the Party and State of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic headed by Comrade Thongloun Sisoulith, General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic; the high-level delegation of the Kingdom of Cambodia led by Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Chairman of the Cambodian People’s Party, President of the Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia; the delegation of the Party and State of the Republic of Cuba headed by Comrade Salvador Valdes Mesa, Vice President of the Republic of Cuba; the delegation of the Republic of Belarus headed by Mr. Ipatau Vadzim, Vice Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Belarus; the delegation of the Party and State of the People’s Republic of China headed by Comrade Bùi Kim Giai, Minister of Veterans Affairs; together with Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense of various countries, political parties, international organizations, Ambassadors, Heads of Missions, Defense Attachés of foreign countries in Vietnam, and numerous international friends who had supported Vietnam in its struggle for national liberation and national reconstruction.
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