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Party and State leaders attend the 70th anniversary of National Resistance Day in the National Convention Center in Hanoi on December 18, 2016. |
Dignitaries to the ceremony included Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong; State President Tran Dai Quang; NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan; President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan; Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh; Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai.
Speaking at the event, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai recalled the situation hung by a thread 70 years ago as French colonists tried to re-conquer the Southeast Asian country.
Against that backdrop, President Ho Chi Minh issued a call in 1946, urging the entire people of Vietnam to resist the French colonial rule.
"The more concessions we make, the more the French colonialists encroach upon our rights, for they are determined to re-conquer our country," President Ho Chi Minh said.
Hanoians became the first to respond to the call by launching cannons at French colonists’ bases in the city, officially opening the national resistance war that lasted nine years.
The resistance war ended in 1954 after the country’s historic victory over French troops in the battle of Dien Bien Phu, leading to the signing of the 1954 Geneva Accords, in which France agreed to respect independence and sovereignty of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
The success of the resistance war against French colonialism also created premises for Vietnam to win another resistance war against the US for national liberation and reunification in 1975.
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Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong (L) and Colonel Nguyen Huy Du, aged 86, who joined the war against French colonists in Hanoi 70 years ago. |
An exhibition of 300 photographs, documents and several objects opened on December 16 at the Vietnam Military History Museum.
Titled The Grandiose Song of Winter 1946, the exhibition will help people, the youth in particular, learn more about national resistance and the role it has played in the nation’s history. It is also expected to inculcate patriotism among the youth.
Another exhibition of 80 photos featuring Vietnamese soldiers and people who took part in the resistance war has opened in downtown HCM City on the occasion of the 70th National Resistance Day.
The exhibition includes rare photos of the establishment of the Viet Nam People’s Army and its role in the war to maintain national independence in the 1941-1975 period.
All of the photos are printed on canvas and displayed outdoors. They can be seen until December 30, 2016.
A film week will be held in many localities nationwide, starting on December 19. The films, screened for free, will help the public to have an opportunity to watch a series of film highlight the efforts and sacrifices of Vietnamese soldiers to win national independence.
Also on December 19, several arts performances including concerts of patriotic songs will be held at the Ly Thai To Flower Garden on Dinh Tien Hoang Street and the park in front of the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi.
