Reunification Day

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Reunification Day
Banner in Hanoi for Reunification Day
Official name	Day of liberating the South for national reunification (Giải phóng miền Nam, thống nhất đất nước)
Also called	Reunification Day (Ngày Thống nhất) Liberation Day (Ngày Giải phóng) Victory Day (Ngày Chiến thắng)[1] Black April (Tháng Tư Đen) Fall of Saigon (Sài Gòn Thất thủ)
Observed by	Vietnamese
Type	National
Significance	Marks the fall of Saigon
Observances	Vietnamese
Date	April 30
Frequency	Annual
Related to	Fall of Saigon

Reunification Day (Vietnamese: Ngày Thống nhất), Victory Day (Ngày Chiến thắng), Liberation Day (Ngày Giải phóng or Ngày Giải phóng miền Nam), or the official name Day of Southern Liberation for National Reunification (Giải phóng miền Nam, thống nhất đất nước)^[2] is a public holiday in Vietnam that marks the event when North Vietnamese and Việt Cộng forces captured Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) on April 30, 1975. This signalled the end of the Vietnam War, known in Vietnamese as Kháng chiến chống Mỹ cứu nước ("Anti-American Resistance War for National Salvation") or Chiến tranh Việt Nam ("Vietnam War"). It was the start of the transition period toward reunification, which occurred in the national election^{[citation needed]} for national reunification on July 2, 1976, when the Republic of South Vietnam and North Vietnam merged the two independent countries, forming the modern-day Vietnam.^[3]

In the Overseas Vietnamese community, the day is remembered as the "Fall of Saigon", "Black April" (Tháng Tư Đen),^[4][5] "National Day of Shame" (Ngày Quốc Nhục) or "National Day of Hate" (Ngày Quốc Hận).^[4][6] This is a commemorative day for exiled Vietnamese who served, were affected, and displaced in those overseas communities, and as such is a day of reflection. Many Americans of multiple ethnicities observe the day for remembrance and solidarity.^{[citation needed]}

Gallery[]

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  Statue commemorating the "Victory of 30-4-1975" at the Museum of the Ho Chi Minh Campaign

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  Vietnamese-American Heritage Flag (flag of the former Republic of Vietnam) lining El Cajon Blvd in San Diego, CA, leading up to Black April

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  A sign in Hanoi, 2009, depicting the moment a Viet Cong tank crashed into the Presidential Palace on April 30, 1975.

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  Black April counter-protest, held in remembrance of the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 2012, in Ottawa, Canada

See also[]

• Liberation Day in other countries
• Unity Day (disambiguation) in other countries
• Victory Day in other countries

Videos[]

• A 2015 Reunification Day Parade in Hanoi

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