Victory Day - April 30 in Vietnam

April 30 in Vietnam

April 30 is an annual holiday in Vietnam to commemorate the fall of Saigon in 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War. It is commonly known as Victory Day (Ngày Chiến thắng), Reunification Day (Ngày Thống nhất), or Liberation Day (Ngày Giải phóng).

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Famous quotes containing the words april and/or vietnam:

    “lady through whose profound and fragile lips
    the sweet small clumsy feet of April came

    into the ragged meadow of my soul.”
    —E.E. (Edward Estlin)

    “I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies.”
    —Benjamin Spock (b. 1903)