Exhibition of precious photos of the day of taking over the Capital

TPO - On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Capital (October 10, 1954 - October 10, 2024), on the afternoon of October 3, the National Archives Center III (Department of State Records and Archives) coordinated with the Hanoi Exhibition Information Center (Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports) to organize the exhibition "Hanoi - Memories of the days of takeover".

The exhibition Hanoi - Memories of the days of selective takeover introduces nearly 100 images and archival documents that are evidences contributing to recreating the heroic historical moments of the nation and the capital Hanoi from the signing of the Geneva Agreement (July 1954) to the day of the liberation of the capital.

President Ho Chi Minh talks with soldiers of the Vanguard Army Corps before returning to take over the capital at Hung Temple (Phu Tho), September 19, 1954.

Hanoi Exhibition – Memories of the Takeover Days.

Through the documents and images at the Exhibition, the public will learn that on October 9, 1954, when the last colonial soldiers withdrew across Long Bien Bridge, our army and people completely controlled the city.

On the morning of October 10, 1954, the City Military Commission and military units divided into many groups to enter and take over Hanoi. More than four hundred thousand people in the capital were excited in the forest of flags and flowers, with extreme joy welcoming the victorious army back.

Soldiers of the Vietnam People's Army march through the streets of the capital.

Young girls of Trung Vuong Girls' School and Major General Vuong Thua Vu, Chairman of the Hanoi Military Management Committee on the day of the capital's liberation.

At 3 p.m. the same day, on behalf of the people of the whole country, the army and people of Hanoi participated in the flag-raising ceremony and listened to President Ho Chi Minh's letter: "For the past eight years, the Government had to leave the Capital to fight for national salvation. Although we are far apart, the Government's heart is always close to the people. Today, thanks to the unity of our army and people, our army fought bravely and the resistance was victorious. The Government has returned to the Capital with the people. Thousands of miles away, one home, the joy is indescribable... ".

The convoy of soldiers of the Vietnam People's Army headed to Hanoi to the welcome of the people of the capital.

Since that time, Hanoi - the capital of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam has been cleared of enemies, and together with the whole country, has entered a new page of history. That pride and glory belongs to the heroic Vietnamese people, including the army and people of Hanoi - the direct resistance force in a special battlefield, at the center of the French colonial regime.

Under the leadership of the Party, headed by President Ho Chi Minh, with the correct resistance policy of "All-people, comprehensive, long-term resistance", the Party Committee, army and people of the Capital were steadfast in the struggle, the first one fell, the next one advanced, fought bravely and won gloriously, with the song of victory on the day of the Capital's liberation, full of faith and hope in the bright future of the Capital and the country.

Flag-raising ceremony at Hanoi Flag Tower Stadium, afternoon of October 10, 1954.

Major General Vuong Thua Vu (right), Commander of the 308th Division, Chairman of the Military and Political Committee, and comrade Tran Duy Hung, Chairman of the Hanoi City Administrative Committee, along with the entire army, performed the flag-raising ceremony at the Hanoi Flagpole Stadium on October 10, 1954.

70 years have passed, but the heroic memories of the days of fighting and taking over the capital are still deeply imprinted in the minds of the children of Hanoi. Every autumn, in the historic October days, somewhere on the roads and streets where the victorious army passed, the song "Marching to Hanoi" by the late musician Van Cao seems to still echo: " The army marches like waves / Layer upon layer of troops marches / We go to hear the joy of the enemy surrendering / The flags of the past fluttering on the streets...".

A woman who witnessed the liberation of the capital looks at information at the Hanoi Exhibition - Memories of the days of takeover. Photo: Kien Nghia.

The exhibition Hanoi - Memories of the days of takeover is an opportunity for us to look back on a historical journey of the capital Hanoi, the land of a thousand years of culture of Vietnam.

The exhibition takes place from October 3-20 at the Exhibition House 61 Trang Tien, Hanoi.

Kien Nghia / Tienphong.vn

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