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
A political union is a type of political entity which is composed of, or created from, smaller polities, or the process which achieves this. These smaller polities are usually called federated states and federal territories in a federal governm ...
, 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.
In some of the overseas Vietnamese community, the day is remembered as the Fall of Saigon, Black April (),
National Day of Shame () or National Day of Hate ().
[
*
*
*
*] This is a commemorative day for exiled Vietnamese people, Vietnamese 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
* 1954 Geneva Conference, 1954 division of Vietnam
* Liberation Day in other countries
* Unity Day (disambiguation) in other countries
* Victory Day in other countries
Videos
A 2015 Reunification Day Parade in Ho Chi Minh city
References
Public holidays in Vietnam
April observances
Unity days, Vietnam
{{Vietnam-stub