Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam For the people of Vietnam, who were just beginning to recover from five years of ruthless economic exploitation by the Japanese, the end of World War II promised to bring eighty years of French control to a close. Editor’s Note: Ho Chi Minh’s September 2, 1945 declaration, proclaimed an independent Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The opening passage by Paris-educated Ho Chi Minh, founder of the Vietnamese Communist Party, was a verbatim recitation of our July 4, 1776. The declaration was written in the aftermath of Japan’s defeat in World War II and France’s attempt to reclaim it (along with On 2 September 1945, approximately 500,000 people gathered in Ba Đình Square 1 to hear Hồ Chí Minh read the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence and announce the creation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) government (fig. 1). His words mimicked the American Declaration of Independence. Ho Chi Minh diedon September 2, 1969, 25 years after declaring Vietnam’s independence from France and nearly six years before his forces succeeded in reuniting North and South Vietnam under DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VlET- NAM (September 2, 1945) All men are created equal; they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights; among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. This immortal statement was made in the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America in Proclaimed by Ho Chi Minh in September 1945, Vietnam’s Declaration of Independence reflected back the early promises of the Allies in World War II and even borrowed directly from the American Declaration of Independence. On Sept. 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh declared the independence of Vietnam from France. The proclamation paraphrased the U.S. Declaration of Independence in declaring, “All men are born equal: the Creator has given us inviolable rights, life, liberty, and happiness!” Vietnam's Declaration of Independence Issued by Ho Chi Minh on September 2, 1945 "All men are created equal. They are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." This immortal statement was made in the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America in 1776. Ho Chi Minh, the revolutionary name of Nguyen That Thanh (1890–1969), was the leader of the Vietnamese revolution for independence from the French. He was educated in France, where he became a communist. The August Revolution of 1945 saw Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh attempt to take control of Vietnam, following the Japanese surrender and withdrawal. On September 2nd Ho Chi Minh read a declaration of independence in Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi. Its opening lines drew on the American Declaration of Independence, written and signed 169 years earlier: The Declaration of Independence (Tuyên ngôn độc lập) was written by Hồ Chí Minh and announced at Ba Đình Square, Hanoi, on September 2, 1945, declared independence from Japan and France, founding the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). The declaration of independence on September 2, 1945, marked the beginning of a new chapter in Vietnam’s history, but it also signaled the start of a prolonged struggle that would draw in global powers and result in one of the most devastating conflicts of the 20th century—the Vietnam War. The declaration of independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Tuyên ngôn độc lập Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa) was written by Hồ Chí Minh, and announced in public at the Ba Đình square in Hanoi on 2 September 1945. For these reasons, we, members of the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, solemnly declare to the world that Vietnam has the right to be a free and independent country and in fact it is so already. Summary: The Democratic Republic of Vietnam's Declaration of Independence, proclaimed on September 2, 1945, declared Vietnam's independence from French colonial rule and Japanese occupation. It On September 2, 1945, at the historic Ba Dinh Square, President Ho Chi Minh solemnly read the Declaration of Independence declaring to the entire nation, compatriots and the world about the birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. We are convinced that the Allied nations which at Tehran and San Francisco have acknowledged the principles of self-determination and equality of nations, will not refuse to acknowledge the independence of Vietnam. After the Việt Minh uprising had succeeded in almost all provinces, the Standing Committee of the Indochinese Communist Party met in Hanoi for the first time under the chairmanship Hồ Chí Minh (1890-1969) and decided to promulgate the Provisional Government of Independence. Hồ drafted the entire Declaration himself during the five days preceding its public presentation by Hồ at a mass After the Việt Minh uprising had succeeded in almost all provinces, the Standing Committee of the Indochinese Communist Party met in Hanoi for the first time under the chairmanship Hồ Chí Minh (1890-1969) and decided to promulgate the Provisional Government of Independence. Hồ drafted the entire Declaration himself during the five days preceding its public presentation by Hồ at a mass The Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was a speech read by Ho Chi Minh on September 2, 1945, in Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi, Vietnam, which proclaims the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from France and Japan Empire after the Second World War.
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