Day was observed in Nepal on Friday with solemn ceremonies at the British Embassy in Kathmandu and British Gurkhas Nepal camps, joining commemorations held in the UK and across the world.

The 80th anniversary of Victory Over Japan Day and the formal end of World War II marked by council. Whilst VE Day marked the end of the war in Europe in May 1945, many thousands of armed forces personnel from across the Commonwealth and Allied nations were still involved in bitter fighting in the Far East.