After Japan admited defeat inWorld War II, Vietnamese communist Ho Chi Minh declares the independence of Vietnam from France.The proclamation paraphrased the U.S. Declaration of Independence in declaring, "All men are born equal: the Creator has given us inviolable rights, life, liberty, and happiness!" and was cheered by an enormous crowd gathered in Hanoi's Ba Dinh Square.
Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, was renamed Ho Chi Minh City after it fell to the communists in 1975.
Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, was renamed Ho Chi Minh City after it fell to the communists in 1975.