HANOI — Under fluttering flags and in a fever of national pride, legions of lock-stepped Vietnamese patriots are due to march through Hanoi on Tuesday in celebrations marking 80 years since the declaration of independence. Some 40,000 troops and civilians are set to parade just after dawn, feting the date when communist revolutionary Ho Chi Minh declared a “Democratic Republic of Vietnam” free from French rule in 1945. Tanks, drones and missile batteries are poised to trail through streets as helicopter and planes streak over the heads of avid spectators, thousands who have camped out to secure front row seats. […]... Keep on reading: Vietnam marks 80th independence anniversary with huge parade