Artistic program features national independence

PANO - An artistic program named “Radiant  Vietnam” was held on August 30 at the Au Co Art Center in Hanoi by the People’s Army Newspaper and the Hanoi Radio and Television in celebration of the 71^st anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and the National Day (September 2).

An art performance at the program

The program started off with famous songs with lyrics of encouragement and enthusiasm on the situation of the country in the 1930s when the patriotic movement took place ebulliently, and the aspiration for national independence was on the rise in the heart of each Vietnamese.

It was the aspiration for national independence that urged Uncle Ho to go overseas to find the way for national salvation and to define the core of the Vietnamese revolution as national independence and socialism. Besides, the birth of the Communist Party of Vietnam on February 3, 1930, gave an end to a crisis on the policies of leadership and national salvation, opening up glorious pages for the nation. Noticeably, on September 2, 1945, millions of Vietnamese people witnessed President Ho Chi Minh declaring an independent Vietnam at the historic Ba Dinh Square before Vietnamese compatriots and the world.

That aspiration also encouraged Vietnamese people and troops to make significant victories, resulting in the national reunification in 1975.

The organizing board awards marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh (center)

Apart from praising the glorious past, the program also brought the audience back to the unforgettable moments of the national construction and protection, the victory of the great national unity strength, and generations of Vietnamese people who dare to think, to do and be responsible for and are dynamic, creative and enthusiastic.

As an invited guest, marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh, who bagged home the  gold medal in the recent Olympic Rio 2016, highlighted the significance of the program and presented VND 50 million, through the People’s Army Newspaper, to disadvantaged students with good academic records in Quang Tri province and messaged young Vietnamese to be always confident in victory and try their best in study to let the national flag be raised in the international arena  in all fields.