THE GREAT VICTORY OF SPRING 1975 AND 7 LESSONS LEARNED

In his speech at the National Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification on April 30, 2025, General Secretary To Lam affirmed: The Great Victory of Spring 1975 left behind valuable lessons in both theory and practice for the revolutionary cause of our Party and people. These are:

(1) Lessons on promoting the strength of the people and the great national unity bloc, skillfully combining national strength with the strength of the times;
(2) Lessons on promoting patriotism, national pride and self-respect; the spirit of independence, self-reliance, bravery, resilience; the will to fight and win of our entire Party, people and army;
(3) Lessons on raising high the flag of national independence and socialism, determining the correct path, suitable to the conditions and characteristics of the Vietnamese revolution;
(4) Lessons on applying and creatively developing revolutionary struggle methods and methods of conducting all-people, comprehensive war; developing unique and creative theories of people's war and military art; "using the few to fight the many", "using humaneness to replace violence"
(5) Lessons on grasping, seizing opportunities and attacking rapidly, boldly, proactively, sensitively, flexibly, creatively and resolutely to carry out the 1975 Spring General Offensive and Uprising to achieve complete victory.
(6) Lessons on compassion, national harmony, putting the past behind and looking to the future after victory.
(7) But the greatest lesson, and at the same time the leading factor deciding the victory of the Great Spring Victory of 1975, was to maintain the absolute leadership of the Party; to build a strong Party in all aspects; to improve the leadership capacity and fighting strength of the Party throughout the process of fighting for national liberation, national reunification and protecting the achievements of socialism.