Colourful Hanoi on National Holiday

Many places in Hanoi capital have been decorated with flowers and flags to celebrate Vietnam's National Day, September 2.

The streets and many places, especially historical sites, in Hanoi capital have been decorated with flowers and flags to celebrate Vietnam's National Day, September 2.

On this day, 68 years ago, late President Ho Chi Minh read the original Declaration of Independence of Vietnam in Ba Dinh Square, declaring to the world the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. 

Photos of late President Ho Chi Minh are being placed at many sites to commemorate the event. 

At the Hanoi Flag Tower

Late President Ho Chi Minh reading the Declaration of Independence on Dien Bien Phu Street

The Hanoi Opera House

Workers arranging flowers around Lenin's statue 

Public places being decorated with colourful slogans

Ho Chi Minh Mousoleum in Ba Dinh Square

Streets full of flags

The Government Guesthouse at No.12 Ngo Quyen Street