A festival was held at the Dong Da Park in Hanoi on January 30 to mark the 220th anniversary of Ngoc Hoi-Dong Da victory led by national hero Nguyen Hue over Qing invaders.

Addressing the event, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen The Thao praised Hanoi's thousand-year-old culture and tradition of patriotism with the Ngoc Hoi-Dong Da victory being one of the most majestic event.

Thousands of local people, visitors, and delegations from northern Nam Dinh Province, Haiphong, Quy Nhon and Danang cities participated in the festival.

Participants described the triumph on the fifth day of the year 1789 as a convergence of patriotism, the spirit of national independence and freedom, the traditional solidarity and bravery of the Vietnamese people.

The victory of Ngoc Hoi-Dong Da went down into the nation's history as an immortal epic of the struggle for national construction and defence.

A series of art performances and traditional games such as dragon and gong dances, martial arts and human chess then took place at the festival.