Reunification Day

Reunification Day
Reunification Day
	Banner in Hanoi for Reunification Day, 30 April 2013
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)
Observed by	Vietnamese
Type	National
Celebrations	Parades
Date	30 April
Next time	30 April 2026
Frequency	Annual

Reunification Day (Vietnamese: Ngày Thống nhất), also known as Victory Day (Ngày Chiến thắng), Liberation Day (Ngày Giải phóng or Ngày Giải phóng miền Nam), or by its official name, Day of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (Ngày giải phóng miền Nam, thống nhất đất nước)^[2] is a public holiday in Vietnam that marks the day when the People's Army of Vietnam and Liberation Army of South Vietnam captured Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), the capital of South Vietnam, on 30 April 1975, thus ending the Vietnam War.

The event marked the start of the transition period of reunification, which also occurred after a vote in the National Assembly for reunification on 2 July 1976,^[3] when South Vietnam and North Vietnam were merged, forming the modern-day Vietnam.^[4] The day was celebrated with a large military parade in Ho Chi Minh City in 2025, marking its 50th anniversary,^[5] attended by several officials and army from countries friendly to Vietnam, including China, Cambodia, and Laos.^[6]^[7]

Gallery

Statue commemorating the "Victory of 30 April 1975" at the Museum of the Ho Chi Minh Campaign
A street in Da Nang, Vietnam. Flags are displayed on the occasion of Reunification Day, a national holiday.
A sign in Hanoi, 2009, depicting the moment the Tank 390 crashed through the gate into the Presidential Palace on 30 April 1975.
A large road sign in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, commemorating the 30 April 1975. The image bears the declaration of total victory.