Argentine media reported extensively on the April 30 Victory

According to a VNA reporter in Buenos Aires, on April 30, Argentina's AcercandonosCultura website published a bold article about Vietnam's National Reunification Day, an important historical event marking the complete liberation of the South and the end of the Vietnamese people's resistance war against the US.

Article on the Acercandonos Cultura website.

In the article titled “The Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975: The End of the Vietnam War and the Unification of the Country”, the author described the moment when the South was completely liberated, in which the image of the last Chinook helicopter taking off from the rooftop of the US Embassy symbolized the end of the Vietnam War for the Americans. According to the article, the victory on April 30 shocked the world and was the most disastrous defeat for the US. Half a million US soldiers fought in Vietnam, of whom 58,000 died and more than 300,000 were wounded and suffered from psychological illnesses after returning from the battlefield. Meanwhile, 2 million Vietnamese civilians were killed, many of whom died from bombs and bullets, including napalm and Agent Orange sprayed by the US.

Video attached to article on Acercandonos Cultura website.

Emphasizing that the April 30 Victory was a continuation of the historic Dien Bien Phu Victory in 1954, the article highlights the role of President Ho Chi Minh and General Vo Nguyen Giap in the fight against foreign invaders of the Vietnamese people.

At the end of the article, the author quotes the description of French war correspondent Jean Lartéguy - one of the witnesses to the moment when the South was completely liberated: "At exactly 12:15 on April 30, 1975, the liberation flag flew on the roof of the Independence Palace in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City)". In the article, the AcercandonosCultura website also attached a video summarizing the process of ending the resistance war against the US of the Vietnamese people and the complete liberation of the South.

News and photos: Ngoc Tung (Vietnam News Agency)

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