Argentinian media extensively covered the Victory of April 30th.

According to the VNA correspondent in Buenos Aires, on April 30, the Argentine website AcercandonosCultura published a prominent article about Vietnam's National Reunification Day, a significant historical event marking the complete liberation of South Vietnam and the end of the Vietnamese people's resistance war against the United States.

This article is from the Acercandonos Cultura website.

In an article titled "The Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975: The End of the Vietnam War and the Beginning of National Reunification," the author describes the moment when South Vietnam was completely liberated, with the image of the last Chinook helicopter taking off from the rooftop of the US Embassy symbolizing the end of the Vietnam War for Americans. According to the article, the April 30 victory shocked the world and was America's most devastating defeat. Half a million American soldiers fought in Vietnam, of whom 58,000 died and over 300,000 were wounded or suffered psychological trauma after returning from the battlefield. Meanwhile, 2 million Vietnamese civilians perished, many of them from bombs and bullets, including napalm and Agent Orange, which the US had heavily sprayed.

The video is attached to the article on the Acercandonos Cultura website.

Emphasizing that the April 30th Victory was a continuation of the historic Dien Bien Phu Victory in 1954, the article highlights the roles of President Ho Chi Minh and General Vo Nguyen Giap in the Vietnamese nation's struggle against foreign invaders.

Concluding the article, the author quotes the description of French war correspondent Jean Lartéguy – one of the witnesses to the moment the South was completely liberated: “At exactly 12:15 PM on April 30, 1975, the liberation flag flew atop the Independence Palace in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City).” The AcercandonosCultura website also includes a video summarizing the conclusion of the Vietnamese people's resistance war against the US and the complete liberation of the South.

Text and photos: Ngoc Tung (VNA)

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/49-nam-thong-nhat-dat-nuoc-truyen-thong-argentina-dua-tin-dam-net-ve-chien-thang-304-20240501101031942.htm