Vietnamese Declaration of Independence
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Current Vietnamese historical science considers that Vietnam has had a total of three declarations of independence:

1. The poem Mountains and rivers of Southern country (Nam quốc sơn hà) was written in 1077 by Lý Thường Kiệt and recited next to the defense line of Như Nguyệt river (Cầu river), originally with the reason to incentive the spirit of the soldiers.
2. Bình Ngô đại cáo was written by Nguyễn Trãi to speak in the name of Bình Định vương Lê Lợi in the Đinh Mùi year (1427), announcing the pacification of the Ming army, regaining the national independence.
3. The Proclamation of Independence was written by Hồ Chí Minh and read at Ba Đình Square, Hanoi, on September 2, 1945, declared independence from France and Japan, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.