Daughter of the North Vietnamese colonel: April 30, please call her “Memorial” day

45 years after the event of 04/30/1975, the daughter of the colonel, a former political commissioner of the Vietnam People’s Army, participated in “taking over” the government of the Republic of Vietnam from the cabinet of President Duong Van Minh told the BBC who wanted the day to be called the country’s “Memorial Day”.

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Speaking to BBC News Vietnamese on April 30, 2020 from California, USA. USA, Dr. Bui Thi Quynh Hoa, daughter of Colonel Bui Van Tung, said:

“On 4/30, the Republic of Vietnam abroad is called” National Hate Day “, the other side is called Unification Day, Victory Day …

“But in the United States they have a ‘Memorial Day’, I think that phrase is extremely accurate for my Vietnamese. I need to remember millions of people, the people of Vietnam, the soldiers of both regions.” The fight was very brave, and the people of Vietnam from both regions were lying here. “

“Mothers, having photos of mothers sitting and waiting for eight children, I cannot contain my tears, if I remember the past and my people are like that, it is too painful.”

“So I also want to propose to the Vietnamese people, as well as the Vietnamese government, that we call that day ‘Memorial Day’ or ‘Memorial Day.’

“I am not an imitation, but a good thing in the world that I should learn.

“And what are the problems between the two sides, what are the problems, the government can meet with organizations that have questions that need answers,” Dr. Bui Thi Quynh Hoa told the chapter. BBC News Vietnamese April 30 talk show on Thursday.

‘Okay and look to the future’

For his part, also at this conference, said Professor Nguyen Manh Hung, former Deputy Cabinet Minister of the Republic of Vietnam, currently Professor of Political and International Affairs at George Mason University, United States. :

“First of all, I think Quynh Hoa’s proposal that ‘Memory Day’ is very good, his word is very good, I think I like it.”

“As for the future, I see that harmony, reconciliation is still in place. Harmony, national reconciliation is a historic task, it will have to happen.”

“But more importantly, a nation, a nation, must share the same story, share the story with each other.

“And the current story is still completely distorted. I remember one of my colleagues, Douglas Pike, bitterly saying,” The story is a collective lie: a. agreed lie “, a lie that everyone agrees, that is, the winners agree.

“Therefore, people in a town who are not in the same story cannot be united.

“So it is very important to revisit the history to remove completely distorting things, in the long run, to make it happen.

“45 years have passed, people born after 1975 never know hatred, or don’t know the legacy of war, they are often easier to forget.

“Second, they go abroad a lot, they also reach a lot of people abroad, and they have access to a lot of news, so they also have a better understanding of historical truth.”

“So I think there is a more positive trend towards national reconciliation and reconciliation.

“In the end, the people of Vietnam can live together, a people with the same past, sharing the present and looking to the future,” Professor Nguyen Manh Hung told BBC News Vietnamese of George Mason University, United States.

Click this link to follow the full discussion between Dr. Bui Thi Quynh Hoa and Professor Nguyen Manh Hung and BBC News Vietnamese on the 45th anniversary of April 30.