Parade Route 10/10/10

Sun 10 Oct 2010, 7.55 am
Ba Dinh Square

Parade route and program for the 1000th Anniversary of Thang Long – Ha Noi

Have you got the route of the biggest parade ever in Vietnam with 31,000 people participating? You should not miss this!

From Tuoi Tre Newspaper:

Around 31,000 people are expected to take part in the biggest-ever parade from Ba Dinh Square to 2 directions heading north and south of Ha Noi to celebrate the Grand Anniversary of Thang Long-Ha Noi.

Parade route:

– Torchlight procession from Ho Chi Minh Museum to President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
– A flag-raising ceremony with a 21-gun salute and a speech delivered by President Nguyen Minh Triet.
– Ten helicopters will carry Party flags, national flags and red flags with the slogan “Celebration of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi” over Ba Dinh Square to open the military, police and civil defense parade.
A motorcade will follow carrying the Ly dynasty dragon, the Hanoi symbol and the UNESCO certificate to acknowledge the Imperial Citadel as world heritage and 13 groups representing veterans, workers, farmers, the intellectuals, enterprises, youth, women, ethnic minority people, religious organizations, overseas Vietnamese, international guests and the media.
– A 30 minute music performance and 1,000 children will set doves free and release balloons into the air to wrap the parade officially.

Audiences will be able to watch the program live on channels of Vietnam Television. Twenty giant TV screens are set up around the city.