Photo exhibition in Mexico marks national reunification day
A photo and book exhibition is underway in Zacateas city, Mexico to celebrate the Liberation of the South of Vietnam and National Reunification Day (April 30).
A tank of the liberation force moves to the Independence Palace, the office of the puppet regime's President, in Saigon on April 30, 1975. (Photo: VNA)
Mexico City (VNA) – A photo and book exhibition is underway in Zacateascity, Mexico to celebrate the Liberation of the South of Vietnam and NationalReunification Day (April 30).
The event, which was held by the Vietnamese people community in the country incollaboration with the Vietnam-Mexico acupuncture project and the AutonomousUniversity of Zacatecas (UAZ), drew the participation of hundreds of studentsand Vietnamese people in the locality.
It features 50 photos on Vietnamese landscapes and people as well as books onVietnamese revolution and President Ho Chi Minh together with the Vietnam NewsAgency’s Vietnam Pictorial magazine.
UAZ Rector Antonio Guzman Fernandez stressed that the exhibition will help hisstudents and locals in Zacatecas gain better understanding of the culture andhistory of Vietnamese people.
He expressed his admiration for the heroic nation during its struggle fordependence and reunification as well as achievements in national constructionand development nowadays.
On behalf of the Vietnamese people community and members of the cooperativeacupuncture project between the Vietnam’s Central Acupuncture Hospital and theUAZ, PhD Ho Quang Minh underlined the significance of Vietnam’s victory onApril 30, 1975.
He said that it is also the victory of international friendship, progressiveforces and friendship movements all over the world.
Mexico has given support to Vietnamese people during their struggle, he added.
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A tank of the liberation force moves to the Independence Palace, the office of the puppet regime's President, in Saigon on April 30, 1975. (Photo: VNA) 
