Hanoi, June 20 -- Vietnam will stage a first-ever sea parade with ships and squads from the Navy, Coast Guard, Fisheries Surveillance, and Naval Air Force to mark its National Day on September 2, announced Politburo member, Vice Secretary of the Central Military Commission, and Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang.

The show, together with a grand parade to be held silmutaneously at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi, will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution, the National Day, and the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), he said while chairing a meeting with press agencies in Hanoi on June 19, just before the 100th anniversary of the Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21),

Giang revealed that some for...