His Excellency President Ho Chi Minh:

On the joyous occasion of the fifth anniversary of Vietnam's independence, I wish to extend, on behalf of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese people, warm congratulations to Your Excellency and the Vietnamese people. I also wish the Vietnamese people complete victory in their struggle against imperialist aggression and for national liberation, and even greater success in the cause of building an independent and democratic Vietnam.

Mao Zedong