Vietnam marks 80 years of independence with largest-ever parade

Vietnam holds its largest-ever public celebrations to mark 80 years since the declaration of independence, with legions of lock-stepped patriots marching under fluttering flags.

Around 40,000 troops and civilians began parading in the capital Hanoi after dawn, feting the date when Ho Chi Minh declared a "Democratic Republic of Vietnam" free from French rule in 1945.

(Source: AFP)

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