Scene at the event (Photo: sggp.org.vn)HCM City (VNA) – The 50th founding anniversary of the Alliance of National,Democratic and Peace Forces of Vietnam (April 20) was marked at a ceremony inHo Chi Minh City on April 20.
The eventwas attended by Politburo member and Secretary of the HCM City Party CommitteeNguyen Thien Nhan, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central CommitteeTran Thanh Man, and former leaders and members of the Alliance and the NationalLiberation Front of South Vietnam (NLF).
In January1968, the 14th meeting of the third Party Central Committee decided toestablish a front that had a platform broader than the NLF’s. This second frontwould keep an attitude independent from the NLF but enter into an alliance withthe NLF and all persons who wanted to strive for an independent, sovereign,democratic, peaceful and neutral South of Vietnam.
On April 20 and 21, 1968, a congress to set upthe Alliance of National, Democratic and Peace Forces of Vietnam was held inthe liberated area. It mainly operated in cities, especially big cities, andSaigon (now HCM City) where it headquartered.
TheAlliance issued a declaration and an action plan which aimed to struggle fornational independence, democracy and peace in Vietnam. It gathered patrioticmovements of students, intellectuals, religious followers, workers,entrepreneurs and people in southern cities. Along with the NLF, the Allianceenhanced the solidarity in the resistance war against the US.
In 1977,two years after the south’s liberation and national reunification, frontorganisations, including the Alliance, merged into the VFF to meet the nationaldevelopment and protection demand in the new period.
Highlightingthe significance of the Alliance’s establishment to the country’s revolution,Chairwoman of the VFF Committee of HCM City To Thi Bich Chau said theAlliance’s declaration and action plan truly became part of the revolution inthe south of Vietnam.
Future generations will keep in mind forever itseverlasting values, which are patriotism, unyielding revolutionary spirit andstrength of the great national unity, she added.-VNA
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