General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam delivers the speech commemorating Vietnam’s 80th National Day.

Vietnam marks 80 years of independence with rousing ceremony, military parade

HANOI (VNS/ANN) -- A grand ceremony and military parade has been held Tuesday morning at Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2).
This is a national-level event, attended by around 40,000 people. The parade featured 87 formations, including 4 colour guard units, 13 civilian contingents, 22 army contingents, 3 militia and guerrilla contingents, 17 police contingents, 14 military vehicle and artillery formations, 9 special police vehicle formations, and a Red Flag formation.
The Vietnam People’s Air Force staged a fly-past with 30 aircrafts, including Mi helicopters, Su-30MK2 fighter jets, Yak-130 multirole trainers, L-29NG training aircrafts, and Casa transport planes.
The event also included marching military contingents from four guest countries – China, Russia, Laos, and Cambodia.
Notably, for the first time, a parade at sea, with the participation of naval forces, the Coast Guard, Border Guards, Fisheries Surveillance, and Naval Air Force units, was also conducted simultaneously and broadcast live to the audience at the Ba Đình Square and across the nation.
Present at the ceremony were Party General Secretary To Lam; former Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh; Politburo member and State President Luong Cuong; former Politburo members and former State Presidents Nguyen Minh Triet and Truong Tan Sang; Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; former Politburo member and former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung; Politburo member and NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man; former Politburo members and former NA Chairpersons Nguyen Sinh Hung and Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan; Politburo member and Permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu, who also serves as head of the central steering committee for the celebrations of major national holidays and important historic events for 2023–2025; Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President of the VFF Central Committee Do Van Chien; Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Bui Thi Minh Hoai; Politburo member and Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang; and Politburo member and Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang; along with many other incumbent and former senior officials.
Also attending were incumbent leaders and former leaders of Party and State bodies; representatives of ministries, sectors, organisations, and localities nationwide; revolutionary veterans, heroic Vietnamese mothers, heroes of the People’s Armed Forces and labour heroes, generals of the armed forces, war veterans, former public security officers, former youth volunteers, martyrs’ relatives, national contributors, outstanding representatives of ethnic minority groups and religions, as well as representatives of Hanoi’s leadership across different periods, people from all walks of life, and overseas Vietnamese communities.

(Latest Update September 3, 2025)