On the afternoon of 13 March 2025, at National Training Centre 4, the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army inspected forces participating in the military parade to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (30 April 1975 – 30 April 2025).
Na Kho is a small, isolated village amid the vast Pu Huong forest in Tuong Duong district, Nghe An province. On April 24, 1972, American bombers dropped six bombs on the village, killing 24 local residents and leaving the village in ruins. Now that peace has been restored and the scars of war have healed, Na Kho village has thrived from the ashes.
The strategically significant victory of the Central Highlands Campaign followed by the rapid and resounding success of the Hue-Da Nang offensive in March 1975 fundamentally altered the situation of the liberation war, creating a pivotal turning point and ensuring conditions for a definitive victory in the historic Ho Chi Minh Campaign, which fully liberated the South and unified the country.
It has been over 40 years since the American War came to an end but unforgettable memories of historic days fighting for the liberation of the motherland still flood back to war veterans whenever they visit old battlefields.
On April 30th 1975, Artist Kim Cuc was among two broadcasters of Radio the Voice of Vietnam who read a special bulletin on the country’s great triumph that ended the war in Vietnam.
