Vietnam marks 40 years since Paris Peace Accords
- Published: 26 Jan 2013 at 00.45
- Online news: Asia
Communist party leaders gathered in Hanoi Friday to mark the 40th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords, the culmination of painstaking talks which ended America's direct military involvement in Vietnam.
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (R) handed the Heroic Award of Armed Forces to former vice president Nguyen Thi Binh (L) and Luu Van Loi, who represented negotiation teams from two parts of Vietnam during talks for the Paris Peace Accords, during a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the accord, in Hanoi on January 25, 2013.
Thousands of people attended the ceremony in the country's capital to celebrate the signing of the 1973 deal, which ended decades of war with the US and brought a temporary halt to fighting between North and South Vietnam.
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