CULTURE/ART
Saturday , Jan 19, 2008, Posted at: 11:44(GMT+7)
Parade Celebrates Tet Offensive 1968

A parade organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Information will be held at the Reunification Palace on 1st February  2008 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the spring 1968 general offensive campaign.

The Reunification Palace (Photo:KK)

The parade has four parts: “The Night before Lunar New Year's Eve”, “Mettle of Mau Than Tet (Lunar New Year Festival, 1968), “Glorious Victory” and “Happy Spring”.

The show directed by People’s Artist, Dang Hung will be attended by thousands of people from 24 districts across the city.

The event will introduce to the audience activities during the war era, in particular the Mau Than campaign, and the famous revolutionary songs of that period.

By X.Th – Translated by Kim Khanh
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