On the morning of April 30, in the golden-named Ho Chi Minh City, the Central Executive Committee of the Party, 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 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025).
From early morning, the weather in Ho Chi Minh City was very nice, in the jubilant, excited atmosphere, with colorful flags celebrating the great holiday, at Thong Nhat Square (along Le Duan Street, in front of Thong Nhat Hall), a large number of cadres, soldiers, compatriots and people from all walks of life in Ho Chi Minh City gathered to celebrate the anniversary.
Attending the ceremony were comrades: General Secretary To Lam; former General Secretary Nong Duc Manh; Politburo member, President Luong Cuong; former Politburo members, former Presidents: Nguyen Minh Triet, Truong Tan Sang; Politburo member, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; former Politburo member, former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung; Politburo member, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man; former Politburo members, former National Assembly Chairmen: Nguyen Van An, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan; Politburo member, Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu, Head of the Central Steering Committee for the celebration of major holidays and important historical events of the country in 2025; former Politburo members, former Standing members of the Secretariat: Phan Dien, Tran Quoc Vuong; Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Do Van Chien.
Also attending the ceremony were Politburo members, former Politburo members; Party Central Committee Secretary, former Party Central Committee Secretary; Party Central Committee members, former Party Central Committee members; comrades: Vice President, former Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, former Deputy Prime Minister, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, former Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, members of the Central Steering Committee to celebrate major holidays and important historical events in 2025; leaders of central and Ho Chi Minh City departments, ministries, branches, mass organizations, leaders of a number of provinces and centrally-run cities; revolutionary veterans, heroic Vietnamese mothers, heroes of the People's Armed Forces, heroes of labor, generals in the people's armed forces; representatives of soldiers, veterans, former people's police, former youth volunteers, former frontline workers, and forces participating in the historic Ho Chi Minh Campaign; representatives of families of war invalids, martyrs, families with meritorious services to the country.
Attending the ceremony were high-ranking international delegations: High-ranking delegation of the Lao People's Democratic Republic led by Thongloun Sisoulith, General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic; High-ranking delegation of the Kingdom of Cambodia led by Samdech Techo Hun Sen, President of the Cambodian People's Party, President of the Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia; Delegation of the Party and State of the Republic of Cuba led by Salvador Valdes Mesa, Vice President of the Republic of Cuba; Delegation of the Republic of Belarus led by Ipatau Vadzim, Vice President of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Belarus; Delegation of the Party and State of the People's Republic of China led by Bui Kim Giai, Minister of Demobilized Military Affairs; Ministers, Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Ministries of Defense of countries, political parties, international organizations, Ambassadors, Heads of representative agencies, defense attaches of countries in Vietnam and many international friends who have supported Vietnam in the cause of struggle, national liberation and national construction.
The opening ceremony of the celebration was an elaborately staged art program with the theme: "Bright Vietnam" hosted by the Ho Chi Minh City Organizing Committee for Celebrating Major Holidays, in coordination with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry of National Defense, and the Ministry of Public Security.
The program includes a drum performance with the theme: "The Epic of Victory", performed by 1,000 actors who are students of the Drum Art Troupe of the People's Police Academy - Ministry of Public Security; an art formation with the theme: "The Country is Full of Joy" performed by artists and soldiers of the Vietnam People's Army; and many art performances recreating the heroic struggle for independence, construction and development of the country.
The celebration began with a flag-raising ceremony amid the roar of 21 cannon shots by the artillery team at Bach Dang Wharf, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.
General Secretary To Lam delivered a speech commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day.
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