Reunification Day


Reunification Day, Victory Day, Liberation Day, or the official name Day of Southern Liberation for National Reunification is a public holiday in Vietnam that marks the event when North Vietnamese and Việt Cộng forces captured Saigon on April 30, 1975. This signalled the end of the Vietnam War, known in Vietnamese as Kháng chiến chống Mỹ cứu nước or Chiến tranh Việt Nam. It was the start of the transition period toward reunification, which occurred in the national election for national reunification on July 2, 1976, when the Republic of South Vietnam and North Vietnam merged the two independent countries, forming the modern-day as Vietnam.
In the Overseas Vietnamese community, the day is remembered as the "Fall of Saigon", "Black April", "National Day of Shame" or "National Day of Hate". This is a commemorative day for exiled Vietnamese who served, were affected, and displaced in those overseas communities, and as such is a day of reflection. Many Americans of multiple ethnicities observe the day for remembrance and solidarity.

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