Exhibitions on Spring 1968 uprising, country’s achievements open

Exhibitions on the 50 years of the Spring 1968 uprising and Vietnam’s economic, cultural, social and national defence achievements opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on December 19.
Exhibitions on Spring 1968 uprising, country’s achievements open ảnh 1Visitors of the exhibitions (Photo: VNA)
Can Tho (VNA) – Exhibitions on the 50 years of the Spring 1968uprising and Vietnam’s economic, cultural, social and national defence achievementsopened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on December 19.

More than 250 documents, photos and objects are on display at the Can ThoMuseum, featuring the Mau Than Offensive in Spring 1968 and the uprising ofsoldiers and people of the Mekong Delta and Can Tho city in particular. Thesecontributed to the victory of the Ho Chi Minh campaign in 1975, liberating theSouth and reunifying the nation.

The exhibits included soldiers’ watches, sandals and working instruments suchas binoculars and headphones, as well as an old sewing machine to makethousands of national flags that were sent to the battlefields.

The event aims to raise public awareness, especially youths, of the sacrificeand endurance of Vietnamese people for the sake of national independence.

Besides, a photo exhibition was held to introduce economic, cultural, socialand national defence achievements of the country and Can Tho city in particularsince 1975.

On showcase were 120 file photos, with many of them provided by the VietnamNews Agency.

The two events are open for public until April 15, 2018.-VNA
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