Vietnam's tourism industry served an estimated 6.5 million tourists during the five-day National Day holiday from August 29 to September 2, up 18.1% year-on-year.
The August Revolution of 1945 stands as one of the most glorious milestones in Vietnam’s history of national construction and defence. Its great victory broke the chains of colonial rule, transforming the Vietnamese people from a nation deprived of independence into masters of their own country and opening an era of national independence associated with socialism.
Vietnam stands ready to serve as a bridge for cooperation and dialogue and to make increasingly substantive contributions to addressing shared challenges facing the international community; support an equal and fair multilateral system with the United Nations at its centre, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam said.
The fare waiver covers all 128 subsidised bus routes, as well as the Cat Linh-Ha Dong Line 2A and the elevated section of the Nhon-Hanoi Railway Station Line 3.1.
Over the decades, the CPV has continuously adjusted its foreign policy, economic development strategies and governance methods in line with realities, while demonstrating strong capacity for policymaking, reviewing practice and drawing lessons to chart the next course.
The celebration provides an opportunity for Vietnamese representative agencies and people in Laos to recall the nation’s proud traditions and express profound gratitude to late President Ho Chi Minh, revolutionary predecessors, fallen soldiers and all those who devoted and sacrificed themselves for national independence, freedom, peace and reunification.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Pham Viet Hung thanked the Vietnamese community in Thailand for its contributions as an important bridge in Vietnam-Thailand relations, which, he said, are at their best stage in history.