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People wave Vietnamese flags and the flag of the former 春色直播 Liberation Front (NLF) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A woman waves a Vietnamese flag in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A woman holding Vietnamese flags stands in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A woman and her grandchild take photos at the venue for a parade to be held on April 30 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
Women in traditional costume "Ao dai" featured Vietnamese flags walk in a park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
Vietnamese women in traditional dress with a motif of a Vietnamese flag walk past Ho Chi Minh City Hall, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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Motorbikes drive along a street under Vietnamese flags in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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People walk past a Gucci shop in central Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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