Solemnly held the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day

On the morning of April 30, in the golden-named Ho Chi Minh City, the Party Central Committee, 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).

General Secretary To Lam and delegates attending the ceremony.

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 the Thong Nhat Square area (along Le Duan Street, in front of the Thong Nhat Hall gate), 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, Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man; former Politburo members, former Chairmen of the National Assembly: 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.

General Secretary To Lam and other Party and State leaders, former leaders, international guests and delegates attended the ceremony.

Also attending the ceremony were Politburo members, former Politburo members; Party Central Committee Secretaries, former Party Central Committee Secretaries; 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.

Art performance "Liberating the South - The country is full of joy - The color of red flowers".

Attending the ceremony were high-ranking international delegations: High-ranking delegation of the Party and State of the Lao People's Democratic Republic led by Comrade 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 Mr. 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 Comrade Salvador Valdes Mesa, Vice President of the Republic of Cuba; Delegation of the Republic of Belarus led by Mr. 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 Comrade 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 nation building.

The opening ceremony was an elaborately staged art program with the theme: "Brilliant Vietnam" hosted by the Ho Chi Minh City Organizing Committee for 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 process of fighting for independence, building and developing the country.

The celebration began with a flag-saluting 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 read a speech commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification.