Paris Agreement of 1973

Opening ceremony of the official talks between representatives of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and representatives of the US Government in Paris on May 13, 1968

The delegation of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam led by Mr. Tran Buu Kiem as Head of the delegation, Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh and Mr. Tran Hoai Nam as Deputy Heads of the delegation attended the Four-Party Conference of the United States - the Republic of Vietnam and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam - the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam opening in Paris on January 25, 1969.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh, Head of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam, answered questions from journalists after attending the first meeting to discuss procedures of the Four-Delegation Conference in Paris (France) on January 18, 1969.

Minister Xuan Thuy, Head of the Delegation of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, arrived in Paris (France) to conduct official negotiations with the US Government, May 9, 1968.

On January 25, 1969, the Four-Party Conference on Peace in Vietnam officially opened its first plenary session, including four delegations: the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, the United States and the Republic of Vietnam.

Advisor Le Duc Tho talks with Dr. Henry Kissinger, US advisor in France, January 13, 1973

Dr. Henry Kissinger, US advisor, talks with Advisor Le Duc Tho in France, January 13, 1973

Advisor Le Duc Tho at the signing ceremony of the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam in Paris (France), January 23, 1973

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Duy Trinh signed the Paris Agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam, January 27, 1973, at the International Conference Center in Paris (France)

US Secretary of State William P. Rogers signed the Paris Agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam, January 27, 1973, at the International Conference Center in Paris (France)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam Nguyen Thi Binh signed the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, January 27, 1973, at the International Conference Center in Paris (France)

Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, advisor Le Duc Tho, and Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh held talks with US Government advisor Henry Kissinger to discuss the implementation of the Agreement (February 10, 1973).

The first meeting of the Four-Party Joint Military Commission on preparations for the implementation of the Paris Agreement (Saigon, February 2, 1973)

Representatives of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the United States, together with the International Organization for Supervision and Control and the Four-Party Joint Military Commission, discussed the procedures for returning 116 US military personnel captured during the war (February 12, 1973).

Our soldiers escaped from the American puppet prison to return to the liberated zone, during the prisoner exchange on Thach Han River (Quang Tri province), March 9, 1973.

Implementing the Paris Agreement, American soldiers boarded planes to withdraw from South Vietnam under the supervision of the Army of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Liberation Army, at Tan Son Nhat airport, March 19, 1973.

The victory of signing the Paris Agreement was one of the consequences of the 1968 Mau Than General Offensive Campaign. In the photo: Important American positions in Saigon were attacked by the Liberation Army during Tet Mau Than (1968)

Liberation Army attacked and destroyed the enemy in Saigon (1968)

In order to create pressure at the negotiating table, Nixon sent B-52 bombers to attack Hanoi, Hai Phong and several localities in Northern Vietnam but suffered heavy defeats. In the photo: The anti-aircraft artillery position of the Ba Dinh Quarter Car Company (Hanoi) self-defense forces fired at American aircraft on the night of December 1972.

On December 30, 1972, the US was forced to unilaterally declare a halt to bombing North Vietnam from the 20th Parallel and proposed resuming negotiations in Paris. In the photo: The US plane shot down by Hanoi's military and civilians is burning in the sky over the capital (1972)

The Paris Agreement was a historic turning point, creating a new position and strength for our nation's resistance war, leading to the Great Victory of Spring 1975. In the photo: At 11:30 a.m. on April 30, 1975, the Liberation Army's tanks crossed the iron gate, capturing the Saigon puppet Presidential Palace, the enemy's last stronghold, gloriously ending the nation's 30-year long march against foreign invaders.

TB (according to VNA)

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