My Tam said she stayed up all night with excitement, anticipating her first time singing "Giai dieu tu hao" at Ba Dinh Square for the 80th National Day celebration.

Military delegations from Russia, Laos, and Cambodia visited the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and the Ministry of National Defense's equipment display at the 80th-anniversary achievement exhibition on 31/8.

A delegation of 120 Chinese soldiers arrived in Hanoi on 29/8 to participate in the A80 celebrations at the invitation of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense.