Video: The aspiration for independence – The Party’s leadership role in the August Revolution of 1945

The August General Uprising in 1945, led by the Communist Party of Viet Nam, ended nearly a century of colonial slavery under French colonialists and Japanese fascists, as well as thousands of years of feudal rule.

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