Celebrating Vietnam Liberation Day in Germany and USA Many activities to mark the 25th anniversary of the liberation of the south of Vietnam were held in the United States, the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in New York reported. These activities were held by leftwing and progressive organisations in the US. A committee, called 'Committee for the 25th Anniversary of Vietnam Peace' was set up to oversee these activities. The committee released an appeal calling on American people to remember the crimes American soldiers have committed against the Vietnamese, Cambodian and Lao people, to remember the deaths of 58,000 American GIs in the war and the anti-war movement of the American people and the undaunted spirit of the Vietnamese people. The committee plans to organise meetings to celebrate April 30 in Manhattan, New York, San Francisco, New Haven and Boston. To mark the public holidays in Vietnam, the Vietnamese embassy in Germany held a meeting between the Vietnamese embassy staff and a Vietnamese art troupe currently in Germany for performance. The troupe performed special programmes to entertain the Vietnamese community living in Berlin, Hannover, Leipzig, Essen and Frankfurt. The Vietnamese community in Germany held many cultural and sporting activities to mark the public holidays in Vietnam, including a poem recital night, football games and... http://www.billkath.demon.co.uk/cw/celebrating/celebrating.html
