ASEANEWS HEADLINE-REUNIFICATION DAY | HÀ NỘI: After 50 years, Việt Nam recalls historic war-ending broadcast
The first page of the victory bulletin. — VNA/VNS Photo
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The Vietnam News Agency’s historic broadcast on April 30, 1975, declared the fall of Sài Gòn and the country’s reunification. Half a century later, the moment is remembered as a turning point in national history.
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HÀ NỘI — Fifty years ago, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) broadcast the first victory announcement, a pivotal moment in the nation’s history, heralding the war’s end and the country’s reunification.
At noon on April 30, 1975, firecrackers echoed at the VNA headquarters at 5 Lý Thường Kiệt Street in Hà Nội as the Secretariat authorised the news agency to signal the triumph with celebratory bursts.
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| The second page of the victory bulletin. — VNA/VNS Photo |
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The historic bulletin declared: “At exactly 11.30am on April 30, 1975, the flags of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam flew atop the puppet regime’s Presidential Palace and across the city. Sài Gòn, renamed HCM City, has been completely liberated.” — VNS
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| People gather in front of VNA’s headquarters at 5 Lý Thường Kiệt Street to listen to the news of victory on April 30, 1975. — VNA/VNS Photo |
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