Hanoi (VNA) – A meeting commemoratingthe 70th anniversary of National Resistance Day (December 19) tookplace in Hanoi on December 18.
Party General Secretary Nguyen PhuTrong, President Tran Dai Quang, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi KimNgan, former Party and State leaders and nearly other 3,500 delegates attendedthe event.
Following the success of the AugustRevolution 1945 and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam,the French sped up their attempts to re-occupy Hanoi and other areas.
On the evening of December 19, 1946,the Vietnamese troops in Lang fortress zeroed in on targets in inner city,initiating the resistance war.
The next morning, the Radio Voice ofVietnam broadcast President Ho Chi Minh’s appeal, urging the entire people ofVietnam to resist the French’s restoration of colonial rule in the country.
In response to the appeal, the Hanoi’sarmy and people heroically fought for each of their houses and corners during60 days and nights. As a result, they managed to contain the enemies and foiltheir scheme to capture major Vietnamese organs.
Throughout nine years of theresistance war, the entire Party, people and army scored a number of feats thatculminated in the glorious Dien Bien Phu campaign victory, laying foundationfor national liberation and reunification under the leadership of the CommunistParty of Vietnam.
Speaking at the event, Secretary ofthe municipal Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai recalled the spirit andsignificance of the 60-day-and-night resistance and expressed his belief in thenational construction and development at present.
Earlier, delegations from the PartyCentral Committee, the Government, the National Assembly, the VietnamFatherland Front Central Committee, and the Hanoi authorities paid floraltribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum and heroic martyrs at amonument dedicated to them.
Incumbent and former Party and Stateleaders were also present.-VNA
A poster exhibition is underway in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai to mark the 70th anniversary of the national resistance (December 19, 1946).
A documentary on General Vo Nguyen Giap, a film week, exhibitions and other events will be held in various locations across the country to mark the 70th National Resistance Day (December 19, 1946).
An exhibition of 300 photographs, documents and objects is taking place at the Vietnam Military History Museum to mark the 70th National Resistance Day (December 19, 1946).
An exhibition of 80 photos featuring Vietnamese soldiers and people who took part in the resistance war has opened in downtown HCM City on the occasion of the 70th National Resistance Day.
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At the event (Source: VNA) 
