Fireworks light up the night skies in Ho Chi Minh City to mark the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification. PHOTO: VNA/VIET NAM NEWS Foreign visitors also joined in the festivities, with the displays leaving a lasting impression on international friends.

Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City has started operating a free bus service between domestic terminals T1 and the newly opened T3 Thursday to benefit passengers on transit flights.

Vietnam is celebrating the end of the Vietnam War on Wednesday with a grand military parade and an air show 50 years after the fall of Saigon, the event that marked the definitive conclusion of the decades-long conflict.