On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025), in recent days, the Truth National Political Publishing House has organized many practical scientific seminars and discussions, joining the whole country in reviewing the patriotic and revolutionary traditions of our people. Strongly affirming the victory of our people's resistance war against the US to save the country, the peak of which was the Great Victory of Spring 1975, was the victory of the correct, wise, independent and autonomous leadership and direction of the Communist Party of Vietnam ; the victory of the will and determination to liberate the South and unify the Fatherland, of the aspiration to live in independence, freedom and peace for thousands of years of the Vietnamese people; the victory of the strength of the great national unity bloc associated with the strength of the times.
Deputy Director, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Truth National Political Publishing House Pham Thi Thinh said that, in parallel with the above activities, the Truth National Political Publishing House has organized the drafting, editing - publishing and launching to readers more than 20 publications, helping readers have an objective and comprehensive view of the great resistance war against the US, saving the country of our people. These are documents of special value, helping readers better understand the political and military developments of both our side and the US side as well as the Saigon government during the 21 years of the revolutionary war. Through the books, readers will know in detail about the situation assessments, the wise decisions of our Party in each revolutionary stage; the fighting and sacrifice of our people for the goal of liberating the South and unifying the country. Through documents of the White House and the Republic of Vietnam government, readers also know the inside story of American officials in the final days of the war.
At the seminar "The Final Minutes at the White House: The Minutes of the Fall of the Republic of Vietnam" held this afternoon (April 25), speakers such as Major General, Doctor, Writer Nguyen Hong Thai, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Phuong Dong Magazine; Dr. Nguyen Cong Dung, Member of the Editorial and Publishing Council, National Political Publishing House Truth shared about the content as well as the birth of the book. " The Final Minutes at the White House: The Fall of the Republic of Vietnam".
The Dialogue Program is one of a series of key activities aimed at commemorating the great historical event - the April 30 Victory, opening the era of independence, unification and socialism of our country. The Dialogue is not only an opportunity to review the heroic feats of our army and people in the Great Spring Victory of 1975, but also an activity of profound significance ineducating revolutionary traditions, patriotism and national pride, especially in today's young generation.
The book "The Final Minutes at the White House: The Fall of the Republic of Vietnam" A collection of internal documents, files, and minutes from the US government - including top secret notes, Pentagon Papers, and US Department of Defense documents - provides an in-depth look at the collapse of the Saigon government and the strategic failure of the US in Vietnam. This is the war that caused the "Vietnam Syndrome" - the biggest trauma in the military and political history of the United States.
Part I of the book with the big question: What did the Americans decide in Saigon's life-and-death moments?, the Oriental Development Research Institute has compiled and published 8 original top secret documents declassified by the US side in 2015, with content revolving around the calculations, decisions and actions of the leaders of the US war machine in the final days of the collapse of the Saigon government. These are full translations of the minutes of the US National Security Council meetings; summaries, memoranda, reports on the situation in Vietnam; transcripts of phone calls between President Ford and the US Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, etc. These documents and texts demonstrate the insane ambitions of the US's global counter-revolutionary strategy, but all ended disastrously.
Part II, titled The Last Days of America in Vietnam, includes 9 articles and pages of memories that haunt the rest of the lives of a number of high-ranking American generals who were directly present and commanded the evacuation in the final hours of the collapse of the Republic of Vietnam. There is a lot of information revealed for the first time through these pages (For example: the calculations of the US in the war of aggression in Vietnam, how the US proactively sought to arrange its failure, how to end the war to limit the painful consequences after the war; then the helplessness and rapid, irreversible collapse of the Saigon army... Many obscure parts of history about the last days of the Americans in the war of aggression in Vietnam are clarified). Through the book, readers also have a deeper picture of the chaos of the American evacuation, as well as the humiliating defeat of the US army in the war of aggression in Vietnam.
These are documents of special value, helping readers better understand the political and military developments of the US side and the Saigon government in the final days of the war. Through the book, readers have the opportunity to learn more about the internal affairs of the US authorities in the final days of the war; the confusion and helplessness of Washington when the war came to an end. At the same time, it proves that the failure of the US empire in the war of aggression against Vietnam and the collapse of the Republic of Vietnam regime was a historical inevitability. The victory of our army and people under the leadership of the Party will forever be an immortal heroic epic of the people's war in the Ho Chi Minh era, preserved and promoted by today's and future generations in the cause of building and defending the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.
Reading the book, in connection with the context, the current volatile world situation with constant conflicts and power shifts, The Final Minutes at the White House: The Fall of the Republic of Vietnam is not only a retrospective but also brings valuable lessons about war. The work raises big questions about historical truth, how parties in a conflict record and interpret the past, as well as the long-term impacts of war on people and society.
Reading the book, readers see the brutality of the war, the psychological trauma of the American generals and veterans who participated in the war. It affirms one thing, war only brings suffering to people, the price to pay for wars is extremely high. Therefore, let's preserve and cherish the precious peace we have.
On this occasion, along with The Final Minutes at the White House: The Fall of the Republic of Vietnam, the Truth National Political Publishing House introduces to domestic and foreign readers many valuable publications, contributing to spreading the reading culture, building a learning society, and learning citizens, such as: Southern Vietnam - The Bronze Citadel of the Fatherland; The Great Victory of Spring 1975: The Epic of Victory in the Ho Chi Minh Era; About the Great Victory of Spring 1975 through documents of the Saigon government; Letter to the South; General Headquarters in the Spring of Victory; False Alliance: Ngo Dinh Diem - America and the Fate of South Vietnam; Family, Friends and Country (Memoirs of former Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh); Ho Chi Minh City: Zero Hour - reports on the end of the 30-year war...
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