Great day for the Nation

National pride: Representatives of people from all walks if life march in procession to celebrate the 70th National Day in September 2016 at Ba Dinh Square (Photo: VNA)

Glorious crowds: A mass meeting gathers thousands of patriots at the square in front of Hanoi Opera House to launch a revolution to gain power held by the Viet Minh Front on August 17, 1945 (Photo: VNA)

Iconic building: Hanoians take the Tonkin Palace in August 1945 back from the French regime (Photo: VNA)

Birth of a nation: President Ho Chi Minh reads the Declaration of Independence on behalf of the provisional government to announce the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (Photo: VNA)

Historic moment: A scene from the meeting on September 2nd, 1945 at Ba Dinh Square to announce the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (Photo: VNA)