President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 75 years ago. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - Ascientific workshop in Hanoi on September 1 highlighted the significance of theDeclaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now theSocialist Republic of Vietnam, 75 years ago.
Held by the National Political Publishing Houseand the Institute of Ho Chi Minh and Party Leaders at the Ho Chi Minh NationalAcademy of Politics (HCMA), the symposium marked 75 years since the AugustRevolution and also the 75th National Day.
In his opening remarks, HCMA Deputy DirectorAssociate Professor Le Van Loi emphasised that the great victory of the AugustRevolution and the Declaration of Independence heralded a new era in thecountry’s history - an era of independence, freedom, and socialism.
At Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi on September 2, 1945,President Ho Chi Minh, on behalf of the Provisional Revolutionary Government,read the declaration, which he compiled himself, proclaiming the independenceand freedom of Vietnam and the establishment of the Democratic Republic ofVietnam, he noted.
Other speakers shared the view that theDeclaration of Independence affirmed the success of the August Revolution,marking a great turning point in Vietnam’s development process as well as theend of absolute monarchy and colonialism in the country.
Professor Mach Quang Thang from the HCMA said thatthe declaration approached national rights based on human rights in allaspects, from economics, politics to culture and society. By affirming the naturaland fundamental rights of all people, the Declaration of Independence assertedthat all nations have the right to independence, freedom, and happiness, whichit said is a sacred and inviolable right of each nation.
Echoing that view, Associate Professor Bui DinhPhong, a senior lecturer at the HCMA, held that the declaration is a valuablesummary of human rights and the rights of nations around the world.
According to the late leader, human rights mustbe in line with and inseparable from national rights. The right to equalityamong nations must also be recognised, on the basis of respecting progressivevalues and principles of humankind, Phong noted.
Participants at the workshop added that theDeclaration of Independence is a particularly important legal document thatcrystallised the country’s noble cultural values and that era’s quintessenceand will continue to resound around the country and humankind’s history./.
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