51st Anniversary of Reunification of Viet Nam
April 30, 1975
Vietnamese People's Historic Defeat of U.S. Imperialism to Reunify Their Country and Establish Their Socialist Nation-Building Project
Ho Chi Minh City celebrates 50th anniversary of reunification of
Viet Nam, April 30, 2025
The Great Spring Victory that culminated in the fall of Saigon and U.S. occupiers fleeing for their lives achieved the reunification of Viet Nam on April 30, 1975. The reunification of Viet Nam shines in the annals of the liberation struggles of the peoples of the world. The defeat of U.S. imperialist aggression lifted the spirit of the peoples of the world who were striving to put an end to colonialism and imperialism. Revolution was then in flow. The world has since changed greatly, going into a period of retrogression and retreat of revolution, yet today's Socialist Republic of Viet Nam continues to shine and inspire.
The Vietnamese people and their government, led by the Communist Party of Viet Nam, have given life to Ho Chi Minh's unshakable conviction that not even the overwhelming military might of U.S. imperialism could deny the Vietnamese their sovereignty and independence: "Our mountains will always be, our rivers will always be, our people will always be. The American invaders defeated, we will rebuild our land ten times more."
Saigon’s streets
filled with young people waving the flag of the National Front
for the
Liberation of South Viet Nam, April 30, 1975. (J.
Pavlovskky)
Tank smashes through gates of presidential palace of
U.S.-sponsored
south Vietnamese regime, April 30, 1975.
The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam today is that beautiful poetic expression penned by Ho Chi Minh. Today's Viet Nam provides an inspiring alternative to the imperialist globalized world in which a chosen few thrive at the expense of the vast majority. Globalization under the control of the financial oligarchy is a disaster, with surging poverty, homelessness, unemployment, ruination of nature and threats of world war increasing with each passing day. Viet Nam however is living proof that it can be done – that even a small country can thrive and maintain its dignity, sovereignty and independence.
Viet Nam's successes all belong to the Vietnamese people and their socialist government, led by the Communist Party of Viet Nam. It was the Vietnamese people, united around their Party and Ho Chi Minh's leadership, who succeeded in overthrowing both the French colonialists and Japanese militarists to gain independence. In 1945 Viet Nam succeeded in ending 80 years of colonial rule. President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi on September 2, 1945.
Within a matter of weeks after Viet Nam's independence was proclaimed, France returned with help from the U.S., and was for the second time soundly defeated nine years later in 1954. The imperialists and colonialists sought to rescue their situation by engineering a "temporary" partition between north and south in an effort to deny the existence of one Viet Nam. The U.S. then intervened in 1955, waging one of the most brutal, bloody wars of aggression the world had ever seen. But it too was forced to withdraw in defeat 20 years later. Viet Nam was gloriously reunited with the Great Spring Victory of April 30, 1975.
Vietnamese liberation forces on streets of
Saigon, April 30, 1975 (VNE)
Viet Nam's successes then and now inspire and uplift all peoples striving for the New to emerge. Many Canadians celebrate the accomplishments of the Vietnamese people. The Government of Canada should not persist in designating April 30 – Reunification Day in Viet Nam – as so-called Journey to Freedom Day. It sows acrimony, insulting the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam by raising the yellow flag of the U.S.-backed militarist regime of the former "south" Viet Nam.
When the state provides official possibilities for the dregs of that regime to spout hatred against the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam it lowers the dignity of Canada's official relations with Viet Nam. So does building a monument to the so-called victims of communist tyranny and maligning the Vietnamese community in Canada as "boat people," This ascribes motivations to them that are not true, except for a few who fled the revolution because of crimes they committed under the auspices of the U.S. aggressors. Such things are unacceptable.
The 51st Anniversary of the Reunification of Viet Nam marks a glorious day in the annals of the Vietnamese people's struggle for sovereignty, independence and freedom.
Long Live the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam!
Long Live the Friendship of the Vietnamese and Canadian Peoples!
In celebration of the 51st anniversary of the liberation of the
South
and national reunification, Avuong Commune, Da Nang City, holds
flag
ceremony and presents national flags and portraits of President
Ho Chi Minh at Border Marker 678, a site marking the sacred
sovereignty
of the Fatherland,
April 25, 2026. (Nhan Dan)
This article was published in
Volume 56 Number 26 - April 29, 2026
Article Link:
https://cpcml.ca/TML2026/Articles/T560261.HTM
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