September 2 — Vietnam Independence Day
A holiday celebrated throughout the country. On this day, September 2, 1945, in the city of Hanoi, on Ba Dinh Square, Ho Chi Minh read out his declaration of independence for the Republic of Vietnam.
In fact, this day became the starting point in the modern history of Vietnam. There will be long years of all sorts of difficulties and upheavals ahead. Ahead will be a long and exhausting war for independence from the United States of America...