Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam’s August Revolution and Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution, though continents apart, share a common thread of patriotism and global solidarity that uplifted oppressed populations, journalists and scholars said at a press conference hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in Caracas on August 22.
The event aimed to brief Venezuelan media and friends on the August Revolution's historical significance and provide updates on Vietnam’s achievements after eight decades of national construction, defence, and development.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Venezuela Vu Trung My opened the event, tracing key milestones since 1945. He framed the August Revolution as part of a broader global narrative of colonised nations reclaiming their freedom from oppression. Both Vietnam’s and Venezuela’s revolutions, he said, were not just military triumphs but enduring proof of colonised peoples seizing control of their own fates.
Journalists and scholars probed the historical significance of Vietnam’s revolution, its socio-economic strides over the past 80 years, particularly since nearly four decades of market-oriented reforms and global integration, and the current state of Vietnam-Venezuela relations.
A journalist from Ultimas Noticias newspaper pointed to the decisive role of the masses in both revolutions. In Vietnam, workers, farmers, and intellectuals united to wage resistance. In Venezuela, labourers and the poor became the backbone of social movements, grassroots organisations, and democratic elections. Both, he said, were “bottom-up revolutions” where ordinary people shaped history as active creators, not mere beneficiaries.
A Correo del Orinoco reporter highlighted shared traits despite cultural and historical differences: fervent patriotism, a quest for self-determination, and a commitment to justice and equality as pathways to better lives. Leaders in both nations understood that true independence demanded addressing deep-seated socio-economic challenges.
On bilateral ties, a journalist from Globovisión said Vietnam has strong grounds for confidence in expanding cooperation with Venezuela. With political will on both sides, Vietnam’s rapid economic growth and Venezuela’s recent stability and recovery, combined with untapped potential, could elevate economic relations on par with the long-standing political partnership, for the benefit of their people while contributing to peace, stability, and development in both countries and their regions./.
