Thousands of Vietnamese celebrated the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War on Wednesday, in what the country's communist leader said was a "victory of faith".Celebrations culminated in a grand parade in Ho Chi Minh City with thousands of marching troops and an air show featuring Russian-made fighter jets and helicopters,

Fifty years after the fall of Saigon, now known as Ho Chi Minh City, and the end of the Vietnam War, the nation marked the anniversary with a huge military parade on Wednesday. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets to watch soldiers march in front of the Independence Palace on Wednesday morning,

Vietnam marked the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War on Tuesday with a large-scale military-civilian parade in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, celebrating a historic moment that reshaped the nation.