Meeting and exchanging with generals and heroes of the armed forces "50 years of total victory for us"

On the morning of April 16, at Thong Nhat Hall (Ho Chi Minh City), implementing the direction of the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, the People's Army Newspaper coordinated with agencies and units to organize a meeting and exchange program with 50 delegates of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces, generals, and veterans who directly participated in the resistance war against the US to save the country with the theme "50 years of complete victory for us".

Báo Quân đội Nhân dân•16/04/2025

The program is a practical activity to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975/April 30, 2025).

The program took place at the Reunification Hall (Independence Palace relic).

The exchange and meeting program aims to affirm: April 30, 1975 has been recorded in the history of the nation as a brilliant milestone. That was the day the entire nation burst into joy of victory; the flag of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam flew on the roof of the Independence Palace, signaling the moment when the country was reunited, ending the years of war full of hardship, loss, sacrifice and the pain of a divided country. That was the day when generations of fathers and brothers - Uncle Ho's soldiers, heroes, generals, and veterans present at the program - affirmed to the world that the indomitable will, patriotism, and strength of the Vietnamese people, the aspiration for peace, national independence, and national unification are immortal, and no force can subdue them.

Delegates exchanged on the sidelines of the program.

The victory of April 30, 1975 was a great victory of our nation, the crystallization of the blood, bones, intelligence and indomitable spirit of the entire nation. In which, each example of hero, brave soldier, soldier… is a symbol, a proud song in the glorious epic of the Vietnamese nation.

In this program, besides the gratitude activities, presenting gifts to Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, People's Armed Forces Heroes, generals, and veterans; the delegates listened to the touching stories shared by the Heroes, generals, and veterans who fought on the front lines. They are the people who directly held guns and fought, sacrificed their youth, blood, and bones for the peace and independence of the nation, contributing to writing the heroic epic that made the nation famous.