Hanoi (VNA) - People can watch two valuable documentaries ontelevision soon – one on the last days of the America War in Vietnam in 1975,and the other on late President Ho Chi Minh.

On April30, on the occasion of the anniversary of the liberation of southern Vietnam andnational reunification, Vietnam - 30 Days in Saigon will be aired on VietnamTelevision. Ho Chi Minh in the Country of Lenin, a documentary on PresidentHo Chi Minh’s activities in the early days after the establishment of thenation, will be screened in May.

The66-minute colour movie, Vietnam – 30 Days in Saigon, directed and producedby Jean-Pierre Moscardo in 1975, records the last days of the war – the battleon April 27 and 28, 1975, images of people fleeing – and Saigon in the firstfew days under the leadership of South Vietnam’s interim government.

Theblack-and-white 30-minute movie, Ho Chi Minh in the Country of Lenin,produced by the Central Studio for Documentary Film of Russia in 1975, focuseson Ho Chi Minh’s activities for establishing the communist country of Vietnam anddeveloping friendly relations between Vietnam and the former Soviet Union.

The documentary shows the late President in diplomatic meetings with Russiansand his speech on the 40th anniversary of Russia’s 1957 October Revolution.

While the original Vietnam – 30 Days in Saigon is preserved in France’sNational Institute of Film, the other one is with Russia’s National FilmArchive Institute.

“Theseare lively, authentic films made by foreign producers about Vietnam and havenot been shown [in the country] before,” Nguyen Thi Ha, Director ofScience-Technology and Archives Centre, was quoted by Tien Phong (Vanguard)newspaper as saying.

“Withthese two movies, the young people who have not witnessed these significanthistorical events will have the chance to see them from a foreign perspective.The live, genuine images will help the audience visualise the context in South Vietnamafter reunification,” Ha said.

Vietnam –30 Days in Saigon gives a comprehensive view of the events that took placeon April 30, 1975, as well as activities of people from the south, accompaniedby opinions based on the French viewpoint, said Hoang Truong, deputy head ofthe Archives Department.

“After1975, several films, documentaries, and journalistic photos were released bynews agencies based in the south of Vietnam, but they are under copyright. Wehaven’t had any film on the 1975 period by foreigners. This documentation [thetwo films] is precious. These films are like the memory of humankind ingeneral, and Vietnam in particular,” Truong said.-VNA