[list_indonesia] [ppiindia] Vietnam celebrates key victory
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Last Updated: Thursday, 10 March, 2005, 12:02 GMT
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Vietnam celebrates key victory
By Kylie Morris
BBC Southeast Asia correspondent
Commemorations have begun to mark the end of the Vietnam War 30 years
ago.
In the country's central highlands, thousands have joined a parade in
Buon Ma Thuot.
In pictures: anniversary parade
The town's capture marked a turning point for the North Vietnamese
forces, who took the southern capital less than two months later, in April
1975.
The battle for Buon Ma Thuot was the beginning of the end for the South
Vietnamese and the American troops who supported them.
Following their hard-fought victory in the Central Highlands, North
Vietnamese forces were able to build a string of successes, taking Hue, Danang,
and eventually, on 30 April, Saigon - now known as Ho Chi Minh City.
The legacy of the revolutionary leader was remembered at Wednesday's
parade in the town as 30 elephants and thousands of military and police,
townspeople and veterans, filed by his statue.
One soldier recalled the battle as "very fierce".
A commander said the southern soldiers had been unprepared; that they had
been expecting the northern army to strike elsewhere.
The government marks the end of the American War, as it is known in
Vietnam, every five years - a helpful reminder for Hanoi of the Communist
Party's greatest victory.
The conflict is thought to have cost as many as three million Vietnamese
their lives.
In the cemetery of Buon Ma Thuot, elderly veterans lit joss sticks to
remember their fallen comrades.
The commemorations will follow the path taken by North Vietnamese troops
30 years ago, with parades planned to mark key battles in Hue, Danang and Nha
Trang, before culminating in Ho Chi Minh City at the end of April
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