Vietnam declared its independence from France on this day in 1945. In 1887, Vietnam joined French Indochina. During World War II, Japan seized Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh announced the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) on September 2nd, 1945, following the 'August Revolution'.
Despite the contrasts that arose between Vietnam and the United States, the Vietnamese declaration of independence borrowed extensively upon the American version.
The two sections of Vietnam were ultimately unified into one country, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, in 1976, but September 2nd remains a watershed moment in Vietnam's struggle for independence.
