Vietnam is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam
War with a military parade through the streets of Ho Chi Minh City.
Regiments of soldiers in dress uniform and elaborate floats are slowly making their way through city streets.
1964 - US bombs targets in North Vietnam
1965 - The first US combat troops arrive in Vietnam
1973 - The Paris Peace Accords on "Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam" are signed, officially ending direct US involvement - but fighting between North and South continues
On 30 April 1975 the city - which was then called Saigon and was the capital of South Vietnam - was captured by communist troops from the North.
The North's victory ended the war in which at least three million Vietnamese died, as well as 58,000 US soldiers.
The re-unification process was completed the next year.
Regiments of soldiers in dress uniform and elaborate floats are slowly making their way through city streets.
The Vietnam War
1954 - Geneva Accords signed dividing Vietnam in two - the communist North helps guerrillas in the South fight US backed Southern troops1964 - US bombs targets in North Vietnam
1965 - The first US combat troops arrive in Vietnam
1973 - The Paris Peace Accords on "Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam" are signed, officially ending direct US involvement - but fighting between North and South continues
On 30 April 1975 the city - which was then called Saigon and was the capital of South Vietnam - was captured by communist troops from the North.
The North's victory ended the war in which at least three million Vietnamese died, as well as 58,000 US soldiers.
The re-unification process was completed the next year.
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