September 05, 2018 | 07:19 (GMT+7)
Localities host activities in celebration of National Day
PANO - A wide range of activities took place during the National Day vacation in Ho Chi Minh City, the capital city of Hanoi and Hai Phong city to mark the 73rd National Day.
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An art item of the artistic program “Vietnam-Glorious path.” Photo: VNA |
On September 2 evening, an artistic program entitled “Vietnam-Glorious path” was organized at the President Ho Chi Minh Monument Park. The program had four parts highlighting the national glorious history, the resistance wars against the French colonialist and US imperialist, and the nation’s international integration and development.
Experiencing numerous ups and downs, Vietnam, with its national unity bloc, has developed steadily. Since the national reunification, Ho Chi Minh City has become an economic, cultural, scientific and technological center. Its Party Organization, authorities, people have promoted solidarity to build a city of high living standard, civilization, modernization and sympathy.
During the three-day vacation, the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee and other units hosted a range of artistic activities at Ly Thai To Park and some public places and a cycling tournament, exhibited Vietnam’s folk paintings at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel Relic Site, and displayed documents and photos related to former Governors of Hanoi Nguyen Tri Phuong and Hoang Dieu at the Cua Bac gate relic site.
Meanwhile, on September 2 morning, a Hai Phong city delegation laid wreath and offered incense in tribute to fallen soldiers at the city’s monument dedicated to fallen soldiers and the monument dedicated to Nguyen Duc Canh who was the first secretary of the city’s Party Organization at the compound of the Viet-Tiep Friendship Labor Cultural Palace. The delegation expressed deep gratitude of the city’s Party Organization, authorities and people to the older generations for their sacrifice for national independence and freedom.
Translated by Mai Huong