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Dec 13, 2016 / 17:18

Various activities to take place marking 70th National Resistance Day

The highlight of numerous key events across the country to mark the 70th National Resistance Day (December 19, 1946) is a national meeting that is scheduled to take place on December 18 at Hanoi`s My Dinh National Convention Center.

The national meeting to celebrate the 70th National Resistance Day (December 19, 1946) will be held on December 18 at Hanoi's My Dinh National Convention Center.
The ceremony is expected to draw the participation of the State, Party, Government and Hanoi leaders and about 2,800 delegates.
Numerous activities will be held in various localities across the country to mark the 70th National Resistance Day (December 19, 1946), including art performances, exhibitions, a documentary on General Vo Nguyen Giap and a film week.
An exhibition of 300 photographs, documents and several objects opened on December 12 at the Vietnam Military History Museum in Hanoi.

 
At the exhibition.
At the exhibition.
The exhibition is jointly organised by the Vietnam Military History Museum, the Police Museum in Hanoi and the Military Logistics Museum in HCM City.
The exhibition will help people, the youth in particular, learn more about national resistance and the role it has played in the nation’s history.
The exhibition, themed The Grandiose Song of Winter 1946, is also expected to inculcate patriotism among the youth.
Bach Mai street in Hanoi capital on the National Resistance Day
Bach Mai street in Hanoi capital on the National Resistance Day

Particularly, a film week will take place in many localities nationwide, starting on December 19. The films, screened for free, will help the public to have a chance to watch an array of films highlight the efforts and sacrifices of Vietnamese soldiers to win national independence.
The documentary, Giot Nuoc Giua Dai Duong (A Drop of Water in the Ocean), featuring the life of General Vo Nguyen Giap, will be introduced at the opening ceremony of the film festival.
On December 19, several arts performances including concerts of patriotic songs will be held at the Ly Thai To Flower Garden on Dinh Tien Hoang Street  and the park  in front of the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi.
An essay contest on the significance of the 70th National Resistane Day is being held for junior high school and high school students.
National Resistance Day marks the call by President Ho Chi Minh in 1946, urging the entire people of Vietnam to resist the French colonial rule after the success of the 1945 August Revolution and establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
"The more concessions we make, the more the French colonialists encroach upon our rights, for they are determined to re-conquer our country," the President said.