Paris, Sept. 2 -- French media outlets have extensively covered Vietnam's National Day celebration on September 2, as well as the country's achievements over the past eight decades.

Le Figaro highlighted a clip of the spectacular parade at Ba Dinh Square, where revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence to establish the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on September 2, 1945, describing the celebration of 80 years of independence as the largest in Vietnam's history and praising the nation's resilience in the face of challenges.

Other leading French publications, including La Provence and L'Union, reported that the procession featured some 40,000 participants, along with tanks, drones, radar systems, missiles, arti...