Many photos of Vietnam’s Reunification Day (April 30, 1975) were taken by foreign reporters, among them the national historic moments when the first tanks crashed through the gates of Saigon’s Independent Palace on the day.

Photos of Saigon on the Reunification Day captured by foreign reporters:

Two tanks, T59 No 390 and T54B No 84, crashed through the gates of Independence Palace on April 30, 1975 (Photo by Francoise de Mulder/Corbis)

Troops enter the grounds of Independence Palace (Photo by Francoise de Mulder/Corbis)

Troops advance on Saigon on the final day (Photo byJean-Claude Labbe/Gamma-Rapho)

Soldiers at the Independence Palace (Photo by Jean-Claude Labbe/Gamma-Rapho)

Those serving the former regime under guard in the corner of the Independence Palace courtyard (Photo by Jean-Claude Labbe/Gamma-Rapho)

The Independence Palace on April 30, 1975

Saigon people take to the streets to welcome Liberation forces (photo by AFP)

A helicopter of South Vietnam’s air force crashed on Nguyen Hoang Street on April 29 (Photo by Herve Gloaguen/Gamma-Rapho).

Belongings of US and South Vietnam soldiers on a street in the surburb of Saigon (Photo by Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/Corbis)

Saigon people talk to soldiers (Photo by Jacques Teyssier)

Welcoming flags in a residential area in Saigon (Photo by Herve Gloaguen/Gamma-Rapho)

People join troops (Photo by Jean-Claude Labbe/Gamma-Rapho)

Two soldiers singing a song at Majestic Hotel (Photo by Bettmann/Corbis)

Liberation soldiers happy on reunification day (photo: Francoise de Mulder/Corbis)