Ho Chi Minh Declares Vietnamese Independence

The declaration of independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Tuyên ngôn độc lập Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa) was written by Hồ Chí Minh and announced in public at the Ba Đình square in Hanoi on 2 September 1945. It led to the foundation of the Democratic R…