April 30, 1975, every moment is history

Meritorious Artist - Editor Kim Cuc - the person who read the victory news on the Voice of Vietnam radio on April 30, 1975, said that on that day, every moment became history.

Meritorious Artist - Editor Kim Cuc. Photo: Thu Giang

The reporter went to the house of Editor Kim Cuc in the Voice of Vietnam collective housing area (128C Dai La, Hanoi ), but her family said that at the age of 80, her health no longer allowed her to talk, meet, and recall memories of her vibrant youth as she used to. A few years ago, when the reporter came to her house, Meritorious Artist - Editor Kim Cuc still maintained her form, her voice was clear and strong, she told the story coherently, as if everything had just happened yesterday. Although the years have passed, the memory of that day - the day of national victory - is still deeply imprinted in every story told by Meritorious Artist Kim Cuc. She can still recite every word of the news that was broadcast on April 30, 1975. The news was short and concise, but enough to make the whole nation burst into tears. The news bulletin read: “Please listen to the news of victory we have just received. At exactly 11:30, our army entered Saigon and captured the Independence Palace. The General Staff of the puppet regime - Duong Van Minh surrendered unconditionally. The red flag with a yellow star fluttered on the roof of the Independence Palace. The Ho Chi Minh campaign was a complete victory.” According to Meritorious Artist Kim Cuc, the victory bulletin on April 30, 1975 was the most important bulletin she had ever read in her career as an editor at the Voice of Vietnam. The bulletin had only a few words but it became the most memorable, emotional and important bulletin for Editor Kim Cuc. At 11:30 on April 30, 1975, when the flag of the Liberation Army fluttered on the roof of the Independence Palace, marking the complete collapse of the US and puppet regime, and the complete victory of the Ho Chi Minh campaign, that moment opened a new glorious page in the history of the nation after many years of fighting to defend the country. At 11:45, a news bulletin was sent to the Voice of Vietnam radio station, announcing that our troops had entered Saigon, overthrown the gate of the puppet army and government headquarters, and completely liberated the city. Editor Kim Cuc was on duty at that time, so she was responsible for reading the news bulletin on the Voice of Vietnam radio at 11:45. After that, another news bulletin was remade, with more information, and the background music of the song "As if Uncle Ho were here on the great victory day" and aired at 6:00 p.m. on April 30, 1975. Many people only knew about the news bulletin broadcast at 6:00 p.m. and wondered why such an important news bulletin was broadcast so late on the national radio? But in fact, the victory news read by Meritorious Artist Kim Cuc was broadcast at 11:45. Behind the victory bulletin on the radio on April 30, 1975, there were many anecdotes told. The reporter who brought the news from the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army to the Voice of Vietnam Radio Station had an accident on the way. When he reached the station gate, he fainted. Immediately, another reporter took the news and ran to the studio so that the news could be broadcast on the radio at exactly 11:45 that day.

The song "As if Uncle Ho were here on the day of great victory" by musician Pham Tuyen. Photo: Vietnam Musicians Association.

Immediately after the victory news was broadcast on the radio of the Voice of Vietnam, Hanoi people poured into the streets, cheering loudly, holding flags and shouting: Victory, victory. The whole capital rejoiced in the historic moment. From here, the history of the country turned a new page. Every moment, every second since the flag of the Liberation Army fluttered on the roof of the Independence Palace at noon on April 30, 1945 - all became history. Throughout the capital, where flags and flowers filled the streets, the melody "As if Uncle Ho were here on the day of great victory" still resounded. This melody also became a historical relic, marking a great turning point for the nation, associated with the memories - boundless emotions of an entire generation that lost sleep with the capital that day. The anecdote associated with "As if Uncle Ho were here on the day of great victory" was also told many times by musician Pham Tuyen. On the night of April 28, 1975, after listening to the last news bulletin of the Radio station with the news that pilot Nguyen Thanh Trung bombed Tan Son Nhat airport, in less than 2 hours from 9:30 pm to 11:00 am, musician Pham Tuyen finished writing the song "As if Uncle Ho were here on the great victory day". For musician Pham Tuyen, "As if Uncle Ho were here on the great victory day" became the most special work in his composing career. The song not only recorded his personal feelings and premonitions about the day of unification, but also expressed the sacred feelings of the entire nation, when "Uncle Ho's words have now become a glorious victory". The melody "As if Uncle Ho were here on the great victory day" was inserted into the victory news bulletin broadcast at 6:00 pm on the national radio on April 30, 1975. Until today, after 49 years of national reunification, the song “As if Uncle Ho were here on the great victory day” and the radio news broadcast by BTV Kim Cuc still record unforgettable impressions and emotions on a day - every moment of which is history. There have been many anecdotes about President Ho Chi Minh 's premonition and prophecy about the day of total victory, when the country would be reunited. In 1960, at the 3rd National Party Congress, President Ho Chi Minh said: “Fifteen years from now, we will have total victory, the country will be unified”. The prophecy came true, 15 years later, in the spring of 1975, the Ho Chi Minh campaign was completely victorious, the South was completely liberated, and the country was unified. When making the film “The Prophet”, director Vuong Duc said, he read a lot of documents about Uncle Ho to make this film. The victory in 1975 was within his plan. Those prophecies have added a new color, the color of legend for posterity to tell about April 30, 1975.

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