In Vi Thanh, from 5 AM on May 1, 1975, Vietnamese military units simultaneously launched attacks on enemy positions: the forward headquarters of Division 21, the base of Regiment 31, Vi Thanh Airfield, the Chuong Thien subregion, the police department, and the Duc Long District headquarters.
The rapid succession of victories by Vietnamese military and people on various battlefields greatly demoralised the US-backed Saigon troops and authorities, causing some soldiers and officials to flee, while others surrendered to the revolution. By 9:30 AM on May 1, 1975, Vi Thanh Town was liberated.
In Long Xuyen Town, upon hearing news of Duong Van Minh's surrender, the An Giang provincial administration fell into chaos.
At 4 PM on May 1, 1975, after overcoming the enemy's defensive lines along the interprovincial roads, Regiment 101 of the Liberation Army attacked the town. Mass uprising forces took to the streets, demonstrating their strength. The M113 convoy of Regiment 101 entered the town centre, crushing the enemy's defensive lines. By the end of May 1, 1975, Long Xuyen Town was completely liberated.
In Ben Tre, on the afternoon of April 30, 1975, in the towns of Mo Cay, Ba Tri, Giong Trom, Binh Dai, Thanh Phu, Chau Thanh, and Cho Lach, along with other vast areas, armed forces and large rural crowds of people simultaneously rose up, advancing on sub-districts, government offices, and outposts, and calling on soldiers to surrender.
On the night of April 30, 1975, from the northwest direction of Ben Tre Town, Vietnamese special forces attacked Tan Thanh Airfield. At 9 PM that night, the enemy commander at Tan Thanh Airfield surrendered to the revolution.
At 8 AM on May 1, 1975, Vietnamese armed forces advanced from all directions to seize the provincial governor's palace, the administrative offices of Kien Hoa Province, and took control of the enemy's administrative and military agencies. By noon on May 1, 1975, Ben Tre Town was liberated; by the evening, the entire province was completely liberated.
In Chau Doc Town, after news arrived that Saigon had been liberated, enemy troops in Chau Doc Town disbanded. The provincial governor fled. Revolutionary cadres and bases occupied the Information Office, using loudspeakers to call on soldiers to remain at their posts and secure warehouses and assets for the revolution. Revolutionary representatives used loudspeakers to urge local militia to side with the revolution and maintain order and security in each neighbourhood.
At 7 AM on May 1, two provincial battalions and a unit of Regiment 101 entered Chau Doc Town, disarming the remaining enemy units. Chau Doc Town was liberated at 8:30 AM on May 1, 1975.
In Ca Mau, after attacks by revolutionary armed forces destroyed the Hoa Thanh sub-district and opened the western gate of the town, surrounded the Lo Te and Tan Thanh sub-districts and the Ao Kho outpost, and attacked the town. By noon on April 30, 1975, the enemy’s defensive belt was completely paralysed.
On the night of April 30, the enemy provincial governor fled by helicopter. At 6 AM on May 1, 1975, Vietnamese armed forces advanced, coordinated with tens of thousands of people rising up to take full control of the town. Ca Mau Province was liberated in the morning of May 1, 1975.
Under the brilliant and wise leadership of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, the Central Military Commission, and the Ministry of National Defence, the General Offensive and Uprising of Spring 1975, culminating in the historic Ho Chi Minh Campaign, achieved a tremendous victory — completely liberating the south and unifying the country.
The entire Party, army, and people excellently fulfilled the sacred testament of President Ho Chi Minh before his passing: "No matter how difficult and arduous, our people will surely achieve complete victory. The US imperialists will certainly have to withdraw from our country. Our Fatherland will definitely be unified. The compatriots of the North and South will surely be reunited under one roof."
Evaluating the Great Spring Victory of 1975, the political report of the Central Committee at the Fourth National Party Congress (December 1976) affirmed: "Months and years will pass, but the victory of our people in the resistance war against the US for national salvation will forever be recorded in our nation’s history as one of its most brilliant pages, a shining symbol of the complete triumph of revolutionary heroism and human intelligence, and will enter world history as a great feat of the twentieth century, an event of immense international significance and profound epochal meaning."
