Displaying 150 documents and artifacts about the aspiration for national unification

Delegates cut the ribbon to open the exhibition. Photo: Hoang Lan

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025), on the morning of April 22, the National Museum of History held the opening ceremony of the thematic exhibition: "The country and rivers are connected in one strip" with nearly 150 documents and artifacts.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Director of the National History Museum Nguyen Van Doan said: The 1975 Spring General Offensive and Uprising was the result of the 21-year long resistance war against the US to save the country by our entire Party, people and army.

Under the wise leadership of the Party and President Ho Chi Minh, the great rear in the North and the great front in the South built a mass political army and people's armed forces, combining military and political struggles with diplomacy; successively defeated the war strategies of the US imperialists, leading to the General Offensive and Uprising in the Spring of 1975, culminating in the historic Ho Chi Minh Campaign, successfully ending the resistance war against the US to save the country, opening a new era for the Vietnamese people - the era of independence, unification, the whole country moving towards Socialism.

The exhibition displays 150 documents and artifacts. Photo: Hoang Lan

“The great victory of our people in the resistance war against the US to save the country will forever be recorded in the history of our nation's resistance against foreign invaders as one of the most brilliant feats of arms, a shining symbol of revolutionary heroism, an event of great international significance, and of profound epochal significance,” said Mr. Nguyen Van Doan.

Thematic exhibition: "The country and rivers are united" with nearly 150 documents and artifacts, including 3 parts:

Images of the wise policies and decisions of President Ho Chi Minh and our Party in leading the Vietnamese army and people to defeat the American invaders. Photo: Hoang Lan

Part 1: Aspiration for unification, with contents about the Vietnamese people implementing the Geneva Agreement; entering the construction of socialism in the North and the struggle for peace and national unification of the people of the North and South.

In this section, the public can see typical documents and artifacts such as: Hien Luong Bridge across Ben Hai River - the temporary border between North and South Vietnam from July 1954; Northern people happily welcoming Southern cadres and soldiers to the North in Sam Son, Thanh Hoa in 1955; Saigon - Gia Dinh people fighting for national reunification, May 1, 1956...

The exhibition attracted many young people to come and see. Photo: Hoang Lan

Part 2: “Vietnam is one – Vietnamese people are one” , introduces the wise policies and decisions of President Ho Chi Minh and our Party in leading the Vietnamese army and people to defeat the American invaders; the support and assistance from the great rear in the North to the great front in the South; the support of the people of the world for the Vietnamese people's cause of fighting against the Americans to save the country.
In this section, viewers can admire photos and documents about the Third National Congress of the Party held in Hanoi from September 5 to 10, 1960; the founding ceremony of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam in Tan Lap, Chau Thanh, Tay Ninh on December 20, 1960; the people of Cu Chi (Saigon) jointly launched an uprising to destroy the strategic hamlets of the US - puppet regime in 1960; the "Sing for my compatriots" movement of students in southern cities during the resistance war against the US...

Part 3: The country is united as one, is an exhibition introducing the victories of our army and people in the General Offensive and Uprising in Spring 1975, completely liberating the South; the jubilant atmosphere, the joy of the day of national reunification; the people of the North and South reunited, the country of Vietnam unified, the country is united as one.
In this section, the public can see typical documents and artifacts about the Politburo of the Central Executive Committee of the Vietnam Workers' Party meeting to decide to launch the 1975 Spring General Offensive and Uprising; the liberation army attacking and liberating Buon Ma Thuot (Dak Lak), Hue city, Da Nang and finally the Liberation Army tanks entering to capture the Saigon puppet Presidential Palace on April 30, 1975...

Volunteer letters from Vietnamese youth, expressing their desire to go to war. Photo: Hoang Lan

The exhibition helps the public, especially the younger generation, better understand the desire for peace, the will to unify, the inseparable solidarity between the North and the South. Thereby, the exhibition arouses pride, self-reliance, and creates positive motivation for every Vietnamese citizen to see more clearly their responsibility in protecting national independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; overcoming all difficulties, uniting to successfully achieve the goal of a rich people, a strong country, democracy, fairness, and civilization, bringing the country into a new era - the era of national growth.

The exhibition is open from April 22 to August 2025.

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