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Photos: Vietnam's Vibrant Reunification Day Parade
![Women march representing the workers in the parade to celebrate 40 years since the Communist victory in Saigon. (Quinn Ryan Mattingly for WBUR)](https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/0430_blue-overalls-flowers-1000x667.jpg)
Vietnam marked Reunification Day — April 30, 1975, when the last U.S. troops evacuated and the north and the south were reunited — with a colorful and heavily policed parade through Ho Chi Minh City. (Here's our full series on the anniversary.)
![Traffic on Le Duan Street in Ho Chi Minh City on the night of April 29, just hours before a large parade celebrating the 40-year anniversary of the communist victory was to take place. (Quinn Ryan Mattingly for WBUR)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2015/04/0430_motorcyles-night.jpg)
![Vietnamese girls in a custom made yet traditional dress called an áo dài pose for a portrait hours before the parade in Ho Chi Minh City. (Quinn Ryan Mattingly for WBUR)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2015/04/0430_star-dresses.jpg)
![The parade formation on Le Duan Street, as seen from above. (Quinn Ryan Mattingly for WBUR)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2015/04/0430_marchers.jpg)
![People on a float bide their time as they wait for the parade to begin. (Quinn Ryan Mattingly for WBUR)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2015/04/0430_float-yellow.jpg)
![A man in military leadership waits for the parade to start. (Quinn Ryan Mattingly for WBUR)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2015/04/0430_mililtary-flowers.jpg)
![Men representing electric workers smile for a photo as they wait to proceed in the parade. (Quinn Ryan Mattingly for WBUR)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2015/04/0430_orange-jumpsuit.jpg)
![Women representing workers march in the parade to celebrate 40 years since the communist victory. (Quinn Ryan Mattingly for WBUR)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2015/04/0430_blue-overalls-flowers.jpg)
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![Men representing farmers march in the parade. (Quinn Ryan Mattingly for WBUR)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2015/04/0430_brown-yellow-fans-closer.jpg)
![Men in military leadership pose for a portrait. (Quinn Ryan Mattingly for WBUR)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2015/04/0430_man-smile-flag.jpg)
![A man has a rest as he waits for the parade to proceed. (Quinn Ryan Mattingly for WBUR)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2015/04/0430_man-sitting-blue-float.jpg)
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