People can watch 2 valuable documentaries on television soon - one on the last days of the America War in Viet Nam in 1975, and the other on late President Ho Chi Minh.

Late president Hồ Chí Minh (the twelve, left) visited Novosibirsk city in July 1955, his first official visit to the Soviet. — (VNA/VNS File Photos)

On April 30, on the occasion of the anniversary of the liberation of southern Viet Nam and national reunification, Viet Nam - 30 Days in Sai Gon will be aired on Viet Nam Television's channels.  Ho Chi Minh in the Country of Lenin, a documentary on Ho Chi Minh’s activities in the early days after the establishment of the nation, will be screened in May.

The 66-minute colour movie, Viet Nam - 30 Days in Sai Gon, directed and produced by Jean-Pierre Moscardo in 1975, records the last days of the war - the battle on 27 and 28 April 1975, images of people fleeing - and Sai Gon in the 1^st few days under the leadership of South Viet Nam’s interim government.

The black-and-white 30-minute movie, Ho Chi Minh in the Country of Lenin, produced by the Central Studio for Documentary Film of Russia in 1975, focuses on Ho Chi Minh’s activities for establishing the communist country of Viet Nam and for developing friendly relations between Viet Nam and the former Soviet Union. The documentary shows the late president in diplomatic meetings with Russians and his speech on the 40^th anniversary of Russia’s 1957 October Revolution.

While the original Viet Nam - 30 Days in Sai Gon documentary is preserved in France’s National Institute of Film, the other one is with Russia’s National Film Archive Institute.

“These are lively, authentic films made by foreign producers about Viet Nam and have not been shown in the country before,” Nguyen Thi Ha, Director of Science-Technology and Archives Centre, was quoted as saying to Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper.

“With these 2 movies, the young people who have not witnessed these significant historical events will have the chance to see them from a foreign perspective. The live, genuine images will help the audience visualise the context in South Viet Nam after reunification,” Ha said.

Viet Nam - 30 Days in Sai Gon gives a comprehensive view of the events that took place on 30 April 1975, as well as activities of people from the south, accompanied by opinions based on the French viewpoint, said Hoang Truong, Deputy Head of the Archives Department.

“After 1975, several films, documentaries, and journalistic photos were released by news agencies based in the south of Viet Nam, but they are under copyright. We haven’t had any film on the 1975 period by foreigners. This documentation [the 2 films] is precious. These films are like the memory of humankind in general, and Viet Nam in particular,” Truong said.

(Source: VNS)