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A witness to history
August 31, 2025 - 10:59
Ninety three-year-old Đỗ Hồng Phấn reflects on her vivid memories of Vietnam’s historic autumn in 1945, from the electrifying atmosphere at Ba Đình Square as President Hồ Chí Minh declared independence, to her awakening as a young patriot.
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