(VOVWORLD) - "Ho Chi Minh City - The Zero Hour: Reports on the end of the 30-year war" has been published by the Su That (Truth) National Political Publishing House to mark 50 years of the liberation of the south and the national reunification, April 30.
 The book is a chronicle of the historic moment when the resistance war ended for the national reunification. (Photo: VNA) |
The 200-page book features reports by several Western journalists who were directly present in Vietnam during those historic days, witnessed the Liberation army forces marching into the south, bringing with them the unwavering spirit that "the Vietnamese nation is one" and the confidence in inevitable victory.
One of the remarkable features of the book is the way the journalists describe the change of the people and the atmosphere in the city before and after April 30, 1975. These are the Liberation Army soldiers in their green military uniforms and rubber sandals, "Uncle Ho’s sandals", talking openly with the locals. These are images of schoolgirls in their white Ao Dai (traditional long dress), mothers, and family members embracing and crying on the day of reunification.
With the perspective of outsiders who had the chance to witness firsthand these historical moments, this is a valuable documentary book, deeply immersed in the spirit of the era.