National Day of Vietnam is celebrated on 2nd of September. September 2nd in Vietnam symbolizes the August 1945 Revolution and Vietnam National Day. On this day in 1945 President Ho Chi Minh had solemnly read the Declaration of Independence in Vietnam at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi. With this he proclaimed the birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. This event marked the beginning of a new era for the Vietnamese nation.
The Declaration of Independence that Ho Chi Minh read on September 2, 1945, began with a familiar ring:
All men are created equal. They are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among them are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”
This immortal statement was made in the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America in 1776. In a broader sense, this means: All the peoples on the earth are equal from birth, all the peoples have a right to live, to be happy and free.
The Declaration of the French Revolution made in 1791 on the Rights of Man and the Citizen also states: “All men are born free and with equal rights, and must always remain free and have equal rights.”
Those are undeniable truths.
Nevertheless, for more than eighty years, the French imperialists, abusing the standard of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, have violated our Fatherland and oppressed our fellow-citizens. They have acted contrary to the ideals of humanity and justice…
They have built more prisons than schools. They have mercilessly slain our patriots; they have drowned our uprisings in rivers of blood….
After the Japanese had surrendered to the Allies, our whole people rose to regain our national sovereignty and to found the Democratic Republic of Vietnam…
Our people have broken the chains which for nearly a century have fettered them and have won independence for the Fatherland.
Our people at the same time have overthrown the
monarchic regime that has reigned supreme for dozens of centuries. In its place has been established the present Democratic Republic…
We are convinced that the Allied nations which at Tehran and San Francisco have acknowledged the principles of self-determination and equality of nations, will not refuse to acknowledge the independence of Vietnam.
As a typical National day, Vietnamese has a day –break from work to commemorate the event’s historical significance. The notable sign for the cheerful spirit of the day is the appearance of Vietnam flags everywhere, coloring the whole country with lively red backgrounds and jovial yellow stars. The streets are explored with the boom of red and yellow banner of celebrations and oversized posters of Uncle Ho speaking into microphone in 1945.
There is also an annual marching on Ba Dinh square and fireworks in the major cities of Vietnam. September 2th is truly an utmost special day for the whole Vietnam nation.
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