The "Determined to fight, determined to win" flag of the Vietnam People's Army flies on the top of the command tunnel of French general De Castries in the afternoon of May 7, 1954, marking the complete victory of the Dien Bien Phu Campaign. (File photo: VNA) In his appeal, the PM emphasised that the Dien Bien Phu victorythat “resounded across the five continents and shook the globe” in early 1954 heldgreatly historic significance and was a triumph of patriotism, the undauntedspirit, and the strength of the great national solidarity of Vietnam under thesmart and clear-sighted leadership of the Party. It was also a demonstration ofthe maturity of the Vietnam People’s Army.
The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat agreed in principle on the organisationof a national-level ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory tokeep bringing into play the revolutionary heroism across the entire Party,people, and army so as to create more momentum for national construction anddefence and achieve the national development targets until the mid-21st century, he said.
Seven decades since the victory, Dien Bien has made development strides withmany important achievements and become an increasingly attractive destinationof culture, tourism, and investment, the Government leader highlighted.
He attributed those results to the attention from the Party, State, ministries, and central agencies; assistance from other localities, the businesscommunity, and people nationwide; as well as the province’s efforts and spiritof solidarity.
However, PM Chinh also noted that Dien Bien remains a poorprovince with a number of difficulties due to modest socio-economic foundations, a geographical distance from economic hubs, unfavourable conditions, andlimited resources.
Given this, it needs continued assistance in terms of resources,experience, and cooperation models to maximise its potential, advantages,strategic location, and historical stature to develop more strongly, he said,asking for focus on boosting fast and sustainable economic development, buildingcomprehensive and modern socio-economic infrastructure, building new-stylerural areas, promoting culture, education and health care, and improving people’slife quality.
The PM stressed the Secretariat’s policy on mobilising theengagement of all-level administrations, sectors, localities, and society inhelping the province develop further and improve local people's living standards.
Therefore, he called on ministries, sectors, all-level Partycommittees and administrations, associations, businesses, investors, and peoplenationwide to continue concrete and practical actions to support Dien Bien onthe occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory./.
VNA
