Cairo, Sept. 30 -- The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt hosted a ceremony on September 29 (local time) to mark the 80th anniversary of Vietnam's National Day (September 2).

In his address, Ambassador Nguyen Nam Duong traced Vietnam's eight-decade journey of national liberation, construction, and defence, spotlighting its achievements since launching economic reforms and global integration nearly 40 years ago.

Eighty years ago, Duong recounted, President Ho Chi Minh stood in Hanoi and proclaimed the Declaration of Independence, birthing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, one of one of Asia's earliest people's democracies, ushering in a new era of lasting independence and freedom for the Vietnamese.

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