Reunification Day ( vi, Ngày Thống nhất), Victory Day (), Liberation Day ( or ), or the official name Day of Southern Liberation for National Reunification () is a
public holiday in Vietnam that marks the event when
North Vietnam
North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; vi, Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa), was a socialist state supported by the Soviet Union (USSR) and the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Southeast Asia that existed f ...
ese and
Việt Cộng
,
, war = the Vietnam War
, image = FNL Flag.svg
, caption = The flag of the Viet Cong, adopted in 1960, is a variation on the flag of North Vietnam. Sometimes the lower stripe was green.
, active ...
forces
captured Saigon (now
Ho Chi Minh City) on 30 April 1975. This signalled the end of the
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam a ...
. It was the start of the transition period toward
reunification, which occurred in the national election for national reunification on 2 July 1976, when the
Republic of South Vietnam and North Vietnam merged, forming the modern-day
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
.
In some of the
overseas Vietnamese community, the day is remembered as the
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon, also known as the Liberation of Saigon by North Vietnamese or Liberation of the South by the Vietnamese government, and known as Black April by anti-communist overseas Vietnamese was the capture of Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, t ...
, Black April (),
National Day of Shame () or National Day of Hate ().
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*] This is a commemorative day for exiled
Vietnamese
Vietnamese may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia
** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam.
* Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam
** Overse ...
who served, were affected, and displaced in those overseas communities, and as such is a day of reflection. Many Americans of multiple ethnicities observe the day for remembrance and solidarity.
Gallery
File:The Statue of Victory 30-4-1975 at the Museum of Ho Chi Minh Campaign.JPG, Statue commemorating the "Victory of 30-4-1975" at the Museum of the Ho Chi Minh Campaign
File:Street in Da Nang.JPG, A street in Da Nang, Vietnam. Flags are being displayed on the occasion of Reunification Day, a national holiday
File:April 30 Sign Hanoi.JPG, A sign in Hanoi, 2009, depicting the moment a Viet Cong tank crashed into the Presidential Palace on April 30, 1975.
File:Sign commemorating 75 years of Vietnamese independence.jpg, A large road sign in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, commemorating the 30th April 1975. The picture illustrates the Toan Thang campaign.
See also
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1954 division of Vietnam
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Liberation Day
Liberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day. Liberation marks the date of either a revolution, as in Cuba, the fall of a dictatorship, as in Portugal, or the end of an oc ...
in other countries
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Unity Day (disambiguation) in other countries
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Victory Day
Victory Day is a commonly used name for public holidays in various countries, where it commemorates a nation's triumph over a hostile force in a war or the liberation of a country from hostile occupation. In many cases, multiple countries may ob ...
in other countries
Videos
A 2015 Reunification Day Parade in Ho Chi Minh city
References
Public holidays in Vietnam
April observances
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