Hanoi streets festooned with flags, flowers for National Day
Hanoi’s streets are festooned with national flags and flowers, revisiting a historic ambience as the capital city and the nation celebrate the National Day (September 2).
Celebrating the 78th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day (1945-2023), the streets of Hanoi are sparkling with red flags, banners and posters.
The headquarters of the Hanoi People's Committee is adorned with large colorful posters symbolizing the day that President Ho Chi Minh issued his declaration of independence.
The banks of Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword Lake) and surrounding streets also teem with national flags, flowers and banners with slogans hailing Vietnam’s National Day.
August 19, 1945 marks the success of the Vietnamese revolution that brought the country out of nearly 100 years of oppression and exploitation by the French colonialists, completely eliminated feudalism, and gave birth to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
A large banner in the front of Dong Xuan Market proclaims: “Warmly welcoming the 78th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”.
78 years ago, on September 2, 1945, at the historic Ba Dinh Square (now in front of his mausoleum) President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming the birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
A poster at an intersection shows President Ho Chi Minh making the Declaration of Independence.
Banners hung along Hoang Dieu street proclaim the historic revolutionary victory and Declaration of Independence.
A large banner welcoming the National Day flutters on the building of an agency's headquarters.
Red flags with the yellow star line every street in Hanoi.
Two girls take to the streets to enjoy the exciting atmosphere of National Day and the autumn weather in Hanoi.
Banners highlighting Vietnam’s historical traditions, patriotism, self-reliance, resilience and great national solidarity are ubiquitous in Hanoi as the nation celebrates the success of the August Revolution and Vietnam’s National Day.
