Upholding the spirit of the August Revolution (August 19, 1945) and National Day (September 2, 1945), over the past 76 years, the entire Party and people have gained significant achievements. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong once affirmed: ‘Never has our country had such fortune, potential, international standing and prestige as it does today’. (Photo: VNA)On September 2, 1945, President Ho Chi Minh read the Proclamation of Independence at Ba Dinh square, declaring the birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosts a reception for US Vice President Kamala Harris in Hanoi, August 25. This is the first time a US Vice President has made a visit to Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)The Department of Military Medicine under the Ministry of Defence’s General Department of Logistics holds an online rehearsal on COVID-19 prevention and control mechanism among ASEAN member states. (Photo: VNA)The ASEAN flag-saluting ceremony at the 36th ASEAN Summit’s opening session in Hanoi, June 26, 2020. (Photo: VNA)Vietnam and the EU sign the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU – Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) in Hanoi on June 30, 2019. (Photo: VNA)Military medicos of the second-level field hospital No.1 join the UN’s peacekeeping force in South Sudan. (Photo: VNA)Workers at the state-owned vaccine manufacturer VABIOTECH Co., Ltd tests the quantity of protein in the COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo: VNA)Vietnam’s domestic COVIVAC coronavirus vaccine is administered to the first volunteer. COVIVAC, developed and produced by Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC), is the second homegrown vaccine approved by the Ministry of Health for clinical trials on human, after Nano Covax by HCM City-based pharmaceutical company Nanogen. (Photo:VNA)
Vietnam’s increasing position in international arena
Over the past 76 years, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the great efforts of the entire people and armed forces, Vietnam has attained a slew of significant and historic achievements, helping improve the country’s prestige and position in the international arena.
