People wave Vietnamese flags and the flag of the former National Liberation Front (NLF) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Vietnam War Anniversary Eve

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

A spice vendor waits for customers at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Vietnamese women in traditional dress with a motif of a Vietnamese flag walk past Ho Chi Minh City Hall, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Motorbikes drive along a street under Vietnamese flags in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
People walk past a Gucci shop in central Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
A woman waves a Vietnamese flag in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A woman holding Vietnamese flags stands in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A shoe vendor sets up shop in the morning at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
A woman and her grandchild take photos at the venue for a parade to be held on April 30 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A baby girl sporting a heart with a yellow star takes in the festivities for the national celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnamese War, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Women in traditional costume “Ao dai” featured Vietnamese flags walk in a park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
People in Vietnam flag T-shirts pose in front of a line of cannons used for the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tueday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
//A woman wears a conical hat decorated with Vietnamese flags to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in front of the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A young woman wearing a traditional Vietnamese dress poses for a photo during the national celebrations in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
People take photos with a security officer at the venue for a parade to be held on April 30 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
High-rise buildings tower over an aging apartment building displaying Vietnamese flags in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
A woman hangs her laundry in the morning in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
High-rise buildings tower over an umbrella-covered market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Spice and dried food vendors wait for customers at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of national celebration of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
A vendor prepares her shop of various sundry items as a worker carries imported goods into the Cholon market in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of national celebration of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
A vendor selling Colgate toothpaste and other U.S. made sundry items waits for customers at the Cholon market in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of national celebration of the 50th Anniversary of reunification and the end of the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
A street vendor grills meat for a Vietnamese Banh Mi sandwich in central Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Finished breakfast bowls of pho, a Vietnamese soup, sit on a ledge in the Cholon district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnamese War. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

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