Nguyen Thi Binh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, signs the Paris Peace Accords in Paris on January 27, 1973. (Photo: VNA) The event was attended by Secretary of the PartyCentral Committee and head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission forInformation and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia; Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan;National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Quang Phuong, and leaders fromministries and central agencies.
The Paris Peace Accords was inked onJanuary 27, 1973 after negotiations which spanned four years, eightmonths and 16 days. It was the fruit of an enduring struggle and toughest wit fightof the 20th century.
The success of the biggest peacenegotiation of the 20th century came from the harmoniouscoordination among three fronts of politics, military and diplomacyas well as large-scale military campaigns such as Mau Than (1986), Quang Tri(1972) and Hanoi –Dien Bien Phu in the Air (1972).
The Paris Conference offered a lesson onthe combination of national strength and the strength of the era, with the supportof the international community.
An overview of the signing ceremony of the Paris Peace Accords in Paris on January 27, 1973. (Photo: VNA) At the programme, Tu Nguyet, arevolutionary who gave birth to a son in prison and was released after the Paris agreement was signed, reunited with her cell mate who helped Nguyettake care of her son.
Ton Nu Thi Ninh, former Vietnamese Ambassadorto the European Union and Belgium, former Chairwoman of the National Assembly’sCommittee for External Affairs, and the translator for then Minister Nguyen Thi Binh in some informal meetings during the Paris Conference,highlighted lessons as well as the meaning of the Paris Agreement to the Spring1975 victory as well as the stature of the Vietnamese diplomacy.
The programme also spotlighted majorachievements of Vietnam after the Paris Agreement was signed and peace wasresumed in the north.
The programme gave a chance to look back onglorious days when the nation united with a commonaspiration for national territorial integrity, and contributed to the common struggle for peace, national independence,democracy and social progress in the world./.
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