A large-scale art performance was telecast live from Hanoi, the Central Highlands city of Kon Tum, and Ho Chi Minh City on February 2 to celebrate the 85th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam on February 3.

The “Party and Spring" programme presented audiences with dances and time-honoured songs performed by famous dancers and singers, manifesting the glorious history of the nation, honouring the Party and President Ho Chi Minh, and praising achievements of the country’s reformation.

Programme guests who devoted their youth to defending the country shared their unforgettable memories from the harsh struggles. Outstanding young Party members were also invited to tell their stories.

Audiences nationwide witnessed as locals and programme participants in Kon Tum offered incense to heroic martyrs and recalled memories of locals in the Central Highlands defending their country.-VNA