Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 3 -- Dr. Enzo Sim Hong Chun at the Penang Institute in Malaysia has highlighted Vietnam's historic path to independence and its continued achievements, stressing that self-reliance and resilience have been the two defining elements throughout the nation's development.

Speaking to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s resident reporter on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19, 1945) and Vietnam's National Day (September 2), Enzo said that before gaining independence, Vietnam had endured decades of colonial rule under France. Since 1858 when French colonialists came to Vietnam, the national spirit was kindled and expressed through many patriotic movements, but it was not until the emergence ...