The two exhibitions draw a lot of visitors (Photo: VNA) The “55 years of Mau Than 1968 – Unfading memories”exhibition displays 60 photos and many valuable items depicting historicalstories and memories of the army and people of Can Tho in particular, and thesouthern region and the whole country in general in the resistance war againstforeign invaders, for national liberation and reunification.
Meanwhile, the “The Paris Agreement on Vietnam – The Door toPeace” exhibition comprises of over 150 documents, objects and photoshighlighting efforts of the Vietnamese people for the negotiations, signing and enforcementof the Paris Peace Accords.
The two will remain open until April 10.
The general offensive began in the early morning of January31 in 1968 when liberation forces simultaneously launched attacks on bases ofUS troops and the US-backed southern government army in cities such as Hue, Da Nang,Quy Nhon and Saigon, and hundreds of localities from Quang Tri to Ca Mau.
The offensive helped destroy huge amounts of facilities andlogistics used by the enemy. The seven-month longcampaign ended with tens of thousands of enemy troops annihilated, their 600 "strategichamlets" destroyed, and 100 communes with a combined population of 1.6 million liberated.
People in rural areas also took this opportunity to rise upagainst the US-backed administration.
It marked a strategic turning point for the resistance waragainst the US and its allies. It caused the US a ‘sudden shock’, disruptingtheir strategic plan, shaking the White House, the Pentagon and all of the US, and forced President Lyndon Johnson to deescalate the war and agree to sign thehistoric Paris Peace Accord. The victory also helped lead to the liberation ofsouthern Vietnam and national reunification in 1975.
On January 27, 1973, the Paris Peace Accords – an agreementto end the war and restore peace in Vietnam – were signed between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the National Front for theLiberation of South Vietnam, the Republic of Vietnam, and the US.
The agreement put an end to the longest and mostdifficult struggle in the history of Vietnam’s diplomacy, with 202 publicmeetings held over the war lasting for four years, eight months, and 14 days./.
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