On December 6, 1953, the Politburo held a meeting under the chair of President Ho Chi Minh to approve the strategic plan for the Winter-Spring of 1953-1954 and decided to launch the Dien Bien Phu Campaign.
Transporting goods and weapons serving the Dien Bien Phu Campaign.
Soldiers marched to the northwest region to join the Dien Bien Phu campaign.
105-mm cannons weighing over 2 tonnes each were pulled over steep and bumpy passes to positions for firing.
Dien Bien Phu campaign started with a massive artillery bombardment on the Him Lam Hill (Beatrice) outpost.
At 17:30 on March 13, 1954, General Commander Vo Nguyen Giap ordered the launch of the Dien Bien Phu Campaign.
Vietnamese artillery troops attacked and occupied Muong Thanh airport on April 24.
Vietnamese army launches waves of attack and won over the A1 Hill (named Strongpoint Eliane 2 by the French).
French General de Castries and his army staff officers surrendered on May 7, 1954.
Vietnamese soldiers and locals in Dien Bien province flew the ‘Determination to fight, Determination to win’ flag and raised high the portrait of President Ho Chi Minh in celebration of the Dien Bien Phu victory.
President Ho Chi Minh awarded badges to soldiers who made many feats in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign.
General Vo Nguyen Giap presented President Ho Chi Minh’s ‘Determination to fight, Determination to win’ flag to the units achieving feats. Dien Bien Phu is one of the strategic battles in Vietnamese history, confirming the immense maturity of the Vietnam People’s Army.
The 1954 Dien Bien Phu Victory forced the French government to sign the Geneva Agreement in July 1954, recognising the independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the three Indochinese countries, ending Vietnam’s nine-year resistance war from 1945 to 1954.
Documentary series “Vietnam in the Ho Chi Minh Era – A Television History” premiered
NDO – The first episode of the television documentary series entitled “Vietnam in the Ho Chi Minh Era – A Television History” officially aired on February 4 on the Vietnam Television and Nhan Dan (People) Television channels.
Hanoi book exhibition marks Party’s 90th anniversary
NDO/VNA – A book exhibition was opened at the National Library of Vietnam in Hanoi on February 2 to celebrate the 90th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3).
Hanoi named cheapest city in Asia for backpackers
Hanoi is named as the cheapest city in Asia for backpacking in a list of the UK-based Alpha Travel Insurance.
Visiting Uncle Ho’s native village
Nam Dan district in Nghe An province, the homeland of President Ho Chi Minh, is known as a land of beautiful scenery and extraordinary people.
Vietnam makes breakthroughs under Party’s leadership
15 years after founding the Communist Party on February 3, 1930, Vietnam, under the Party’s leadership, made breakthrough in the long war against the French with the successful August Revolution.
