HCM City, April 23 -- Armed forces from Laos and Cambodia engaged in the final joint rehearsal in Ho Chi Minh City on April 22 night in preparation for Vietnam's upcoming grand parade commemorating the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification (April 30, 1975-2025). The event was overseen by Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Nghia, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army and head of the parade subcommittee, along with officials from the Ministry of National Defence, the Ministry of Public Security, and Ho Chi Minh City authorities.

The rehearsal featured 38 formations from Vietnam's armed forces, contingents from the Lao People's Armed Forces and the Royal Cambodian Army, and 12 ...