Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (AP) – Vietnam meant the 50th anniversary of the end of the war with the United States and the creation of a modern nation of the mergers of northern and southern Vietnam.
Thousands are flocking at Ho or Minor’s city – Once known as Saigon – witnessed a military parade near Independence Palace, where the war ended when its gates broke the North Vietnamese tank. Celebrations – performances of artists, manifestations of leaders and former soldiers and Squadron Jets – focused not only on the past but of the future.
“National reconciliation does not mean forgotten the history or deletion of differences, but accepting various perspectives in tolerance and respect to work on a larger goal: building a peaceful, united, powerful, civilized and prosperous Vietnam,” said the Communist Party Secretary in the article published on the government’s website.
He said the war had historical roots and resulted in a division in the country, but now Vietnam was armed with “lessons of his past”.
Emphasis on reconciliation and not, like the previous years, has reflected the military victory as Vietnam is approaching the changing influx of global economies and geopolitics, said Nguyen Khac Giang, analyst of Singapore’s Iseas – Yusof Ishak Institute. He added that the Vietnam War remains central to how the Communist Party framed its legitimacy, not only as a military triumph, but also as a symbol of national unity. But Lam’s comments stressed that reconciliation remains unfinished.
“The war still defines Vietnamese unity and its unresolved differences,” Giang said.
Pham NGOC Son is a 69-year-old veteran who was a military truck driver who brought troops and supplies from north to south via Honh Minh Trail-Seajná route used by North Vietnam. He is on a weekly tour around the city that remembers that he will enter as part of the northern units that have taken over.
He said he appreciated these memories and could not describe the joy he felt at the moment. But now he was “only space for peace and friendship” between the US and Vietnam.
“The war has been long ago,” he said.
He agreed to Nguyen Thi Hue, the resident of the Ho or Mining Town.
“The war was over and we shook our hands (with the former enemy) for development. Now it is time for peace. Peace is a dream everyone in the world,” Hue said.
This year it also commemorates the 30 -year anniversary of diplomatic links between Vietnam and the United States. In 2023, Vietnam upgraded his relationships With the US on a complex strategic partner, the highest diplomatic status that gives any country and the same level of relations as China and Russia.
Vietnamese officials insist that this relationship was built on the basis of trust that actually associates with the effort to deal with us with war heritage, such as Orange agent And unexploded rural bombs that still threaten lives. The future of these projects is now threatened due to the wide administration of Trump’s administration Cuts on USAid. In addition, the country is vulnerable to exports vulnerable in the global economy that was the fragile US President Donald Trump tariffs.
About 13,000 people, including soldiers, militia, veterans and local citizens, were expected to participate in the show. And in addition to China, soldiers from Laos and Cambodia were also supposed to take part in a show that will march on the main boulevard leading to the Independence Palace before branching through the streets in the city. The route will also pass through the American consulate in the city.
Meanwhile, a video of Chinese soldiers was widely shared on social media, singing iconic “as an uncle on the day of victory”. Chinese leader Xi JinPing visited Vietnam Earlier in the month In an effort to introduce Earth as the strength of stability, unlike Trump.
Vietnam’s close ties with Washington helped to match their relations with a much larger and stronger neighboring China, Huong Le-TK said the international crisis group Think Tank. Vietnam is one of the countries involved in maritime disputes related to the South China Sea.
The focus of Trump’s management on tariffs – Vietnam was killed by 46%, one of the highest – giving a “big question mark” what the US wants to achieve in Asia, she said. Focus on economic and not strategic competition that Vietnam and other countries in Southeast Asia will become less important for the US
“It will really be shaped (on) how the new administration sees a strategic image in an Indo-Pacific and where the Earth like Vietnam would fit,” she said.
Hau Dinh contributed to this report.
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