On the morning of August 28, at the Vietnam Exhibition Center (Dong Anh, Hanoi), the opening ceremony of the National Achievement Exhibition "80 years of Independence - freedom - Happiness" on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the successful August Revolution (August 19, 1945 - August 19, 2025) and National Day September 2 was solemnly held.
Attending the exhibition's opening ceremony were General Secretary To Lam; former General Secretary Nong Duc Manh; Politburo member, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; former Politburo member, former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung; Politburo member, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man; former Politburo member, former National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan; former Politburo member, former Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong; Politburo member, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh.
Also attending were Politburo members, former Politburo members; Secretariat members, former Secretariat members; Party Central Committee members, former Party Central Committee members; Alternate Party Central Committee members; leaders of departments, ministries and branches.

The National Achievement Exhibition with the theme "80 years of Independence - freedom - Happiness" will take place from August 28 to September 5, 2025.
The exhibition content at the exhibition focuses on introducing:
- Outstanding achievements of the country in 80 years of construction and development in many fields, especially in key areas such as: industry - technology; investment - trade; agriculture - rural areas; security - defense; foreign affairs; health, education; culture, sports and tourism.
- Vietnamese Culture - State - People with a 4,000-year historical cultural tradition; the richness and cultural diversity of 54 ethnic groups; the richness of resources, products of the three regions and outstanding architectural works of the past and present across the country.
- Green industries and Vietnam's green transformation and digital transformation journey.
- Vietnam's aviation and aerospace industry.
- Vietnam's security and defense industry.
- Space of 12 Vietnamese cultural industries.
The total indoor and outdoor exhibition area at the National Exhibition Center is about 250,900.6 m2.