National Defence Journal

Sunday, September 06, 2026, 10:14 (GMT+7)

Saigon - Cholon and Gia Dinh in the General Insurrection - the August Revolution

Tuesday, August 18, 2020, 07:58 (GMT+7)
Grasping the Directive titled “Shooting between Japan and France and our actions,” being fully aware that “with the support from rural areas, the uprising must win a victory in Saigon first,” the Regional Party Committee, the Municipal Party Committee of Saigon and the Provincial Party Committee of Gia Dinh directly led the people to conduct the uprising and seize power in Saigon

Success of the August Revolution is not a “Good Luck”.

Friday, January 03, 2014, 10:06 (GMT+7)
The August Revolution (1945) has defeated the colonialist and feudalist regime, established the Democratic Republic of Vietnam – a new revolutionary state in Vietnam. This is the historic victory in the cause of building and defending the country of our people. The victory is the result of promoting national’s strength in combination with the time’s strength, in which the former is the decisive one. Yet, some people said that: The August Revolution succeeded thanks to a good luck. So what is the fact?

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Applying the lesson of harnessing the strength of great national unity from the August Revolution to building a strong and modern all-people national defence

More than 80 years after the victory of the August Revolution of 1945, the lesson of harnessing the strength of great national unity retains its full significance. In the new context, inheriting and creatively applying this historic lesson constitutes an objective requirement for building a strong and modern all-people national defence capable of meeting the requirements of safeguarding the Fatherland in the new situation.