A seminar to review the war in Vietnam , themed “A victory for the whole mankind”, was held in Sydney on September 25 by the Australian Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP).
The event drew the participation of delegates from Australia ’s major cities such as Melbourne , Brisbane and Perth .
The seminar focused mainly on the struggle for national liberation in Vietnam as well as anti-Vietnam war movements in Australia from 1965-1975, said RSP’s national secretary John Percy in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency’s correspondent.
The achievements made by the Southeast Asian nation were also spotlighted at the event, he added.
More than 60 posters and 50 books, newspapers, magazines, and photos along with documentary films produced in the 1970s by Australian directors such as Emile Di Antonio and John Pilger depicting anti-war movements were displayed at the event.
The seminar is of significance in the context that the Vietnamese people are celebrating major events this year, he said, stressing that Australia will always stand side by side Vietnam in both the wartime and in the current cause of socio-economic development.
Vietnamese Consul General in Sydney Vu Hong Nam presented a speech underlining achievements in economic development and hunger elimination and poverty reduction Vietnam has recorded over the past 35 years./.
The event drew the participation of delegates from Australia ’s major cities such as Melbourne , Brisbane and Perth .
The seminar focused mainly on the struggle for national liberation in Vietnam as well as anti-Vietnam war movements in Australia from 1965-1975, said RSP’s national secretary John Percy in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency’s correspondent.
The achievements made by the Southeast Asian nation were also spotlighted at the event, he added.
More than 60 posters and 50 books, newspapers, magazines, and photos along with documentary films produced in the 1970s by Australian directors such as Emile Di Antonio and John Pilger depicting anti-war movements were displayed at the event.
The seminar is of significance in the context that the Vietnamese people are celebrating major events this year, he said, stressing that Australia will always stand side by side Vietnam in both the wartime and in the current cause of socio-economic development.
Vietnamese Consul General in Sydney Vu Hong Nam presented a speech underlining achievements in economic development and hunger elimination and poverty reduction Vietnam has recorded over the past 35 years./.
