50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025)

At 11:30 a.m. on April 30, 1975, the gate of the Independence Palace was knocked down, the flag of the Liberation Army fluttered right at the headquarters of the Saigon government in the joy and anticipation of the whole nation. From here, the South was completely liberated, the country of Vietnam was unified.

This was the greatest victory, ending 30 years of long and arduous war against foreign invaders of the Vietnamese people, opening a new era - the era of national independence and socialism throughout the entire Vietnamese Fatherland.

The Ho Chi Minh Campaign marked a major turning point in the nation's history, completely fulfilling the goal of "Fighting to drive the Americans out, fighting to overthrow the puppets" as proposed by President Ho Chi Minh; liberating the entire South, ending 21 years of national division, leading to the unification, independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Vietnam on land, in the air and at sea; bringing our nation into a new era.

The victory of the Ho Chi Minh Campaign was the result of a combination of factors: The leadership of our Party, headed by President Ho Chi Minh, with correct, creative, independent and self-reliant political and military lines; the strength of the four-thousand-year tradition of building and defending the country; the indomitable will, the consciousness of mastering the country's destiny of the entire Vietnamese people with the spirit of "Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom"; the brave and intelligent fight of the entire country, with the core being the three-armed armed forces; the solidarity and fighting alliance of the people of the three Indochinese countries; and the strong support of revolutionary and peace forces in the world.

Assessing the victory of the resistance war against the US to save the country in general, and the Ho Chi Minh Campaign in particular, at the 4th National Congress in December 1976, our Party stated: "Times will pass, but the victory of our people in the resistance war against the US to save the country will forever be recorded in the history of the nation as one of the most brilliant pages, a shining symbol of the complete victory of revolutionary heroism and human intelligence and will go down in world history as a great feat of the 20th century, an event of great international importance and profound spirit of the times".

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