November 18 - Great National Unity Day

November 18 is designated as Great National Unity Day with celebrations held across communities to strengthen national unity and elevate the role of the Vietnam Fatherland Front. Over 20 years, the anniversary has become a true celebration of shared ideals and public spirit, serving as a meaningful bridge between the Party, government, and the people.

President To Lam meets with people at the Ho Chi Minh Memorial Site in the Presidential Palace, Hanoi, on May 23, 2024. (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joins ethnic minority groups in a traditional xoe dance during the Great National Unity Day celebration at Sa De Phin commune, Sin Ho district, northern province of Lai Chau on November 18, 2023. (Photo: VNA)

Party Central Committee Secretary and Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Do Van Chien presents gifts to households in Xuan Tao ward (Bac Tu Liem district, Hanoi) on November 12, 2023, on the Great National Unity Day. (Photo: VNA)

Party Central Committee Secretary and Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs Phan Dinh Trac attends a Great National Unity Day celebration in O village, Ia Sao commune, Ia Grai district, Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on November 16, 2023. (Photo: VNA)

A community house is inaugurated on the occasion of the Great National Unity Day in Kdoh hamlet (Ea Tar commune, Cu M’Gar district, Central Highlands province of Dak Lak). (Photo: VNA)

Chairman of the Vietnam Farmers' Union Central Committee Thao Xuan Sung celebrates the Great National Unity Day with residents of Trung Thanh hamlet, Thuong Nung commune, Vo Nhai district, northern province of Thai Nguyen in 2019. (Photo: VNA)

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City presents livelihood means to residents during the launch of the “For the Poor” month in 2021 and introduces the “Compassionate City - Connecting Love” programme. (Photo: VNA)

Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan joins a bamboo pole dance with ethnic minority people at the Great National Unity Day celebration in Hop Thanh commune, Lao Cai city, northern province of Lao Cai, in 2015. (Photo: VNA)

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung presents gifts to exemplary cultural families during the Great National Unity Day festival in Tran Hung Dao ward, Hanoi, in 2014. (Photo: VNA)

Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man with ethnic people during the Great National Unity – Cultural Heritage Week in 2017. (Photo: VNA)

Representatives of families register to strive for the “Cultural Family” title during the Great National Unity Day celebration in Bai Bo 1 hamlet, Dung Phong commune, Cao Phong district, northern province of Hoa Binh in 2009. (Photo: VNA)

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh presents gifts to elderly delegates at the Great National Unity Day celebration in Quan Thanh ward, Hanoi, on November 16, 2008. (Photo: VNA)

Children from Thuong Dien hamlet, Vinh Quang commune, Hai Phong, present flowers to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the Great National Unity Day festival in the city on November 15, 2017. (Photo: VNA)