The pens used at the Paris Peace Talks in 1973 are displayed at the exhibition (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Nearly 120 documents, objects, andphotos relating to the Paris Peace Accords, signed 45 years ago, are beingdisplayed at an exhibition which opened on July 12 at the Hanoi Museum.
The exhibition, themed “Paris Peace Talks – The Path toPeace”, forms part of an archival cooperation plan between Vietnam and the US. Italso marks 45 years since the signing of the 1973 Paris Peace Accords, and 20years since the normalisation ofrelations between the two countries on July 7, 1995.
With three parts, the event focuses on the Paris PeaceTalks, the Paris Peace Conference, and the Paris Peace Accords, as well astheir impacts on Vietnam’s struggle for independence, peace, and nationalreunification.
Dang Thanh Tung, Director of the Department of State RecordsManagement and Archives Vietnam, said the exhibition gives historicalresearchers, diplomats, and the public an insight into the treaty events.
It also helps enhance cooperation between the department andthe US’ National Archives and Records Administration, who were the co-organisersof the display.
David Ferriero, Director of the US’ department, said that amongthe documents his agency sent to the exhibition are President Richard Nixon’sannouncement of his initial acceptance of the agreement to ending the war andrestoring peace in Vietnam in January 1973, along with a number of faxeddocuments and photos.
On January 27, 1973, the ParisPeace Accords – an agreement to end the war and restore peace in Vietnam – weresigned between the four governments of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, theNational Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, the Republic of Vietnam,and the United States.
The agreement called to an end the longest andmost difficult struggle in the history of Vietnam’s diplomacy, with 202 publicmeetings held over the war’s four years, eight months, and 14 days.
The exhibition will run until July 20. -VNA
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