President Vo Van Thuong on July 13 inspected the combat readiness of Military Zone 2 and had a working session with its top officers on the implementation of the zone’s military-defence tasks so far this year.
A ceremony celebrating the 50th year since people of Japan's Kanagawa prefecture blocked the transportation of tanks that the US military intended to send to the battlefield in South Vietnam, was held by the Peace Committee of Kanagawa on December 18.
Over the last 67 years, since the liberation of Hanoi from the French colonialists, the local administration and people have made unceasing efforts and obtained numerous achievements to turn the capital city into a development momentum of the northern region and a symbol of patriotism, the love for peace, the spirit of solidarity, and the aspiration to move forward of the entire people.
Remains of 52 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who laid down their lives during wartime were reburied at the Tam Nong Martyrs’ Cemetery in Tam Nong district, the southern province of Dong Thap, on July 22.
The project to conserve and improve the special national relic site of the Dien Bien Phu Victory until 2030 has recently been approved by the People’s Committee of the northern province of Dien Bien.
The 56 days and nights in the Dien Bien basin are considered part of the flesh and blood of the soldiers who “cut through mountains, slept in trenches, got drenched in forests, and ate rice balls” during the 1954 campaign. Le Gia Tuat is a veteran of this battle.
In 1953, eight years after reinvading Indochina, despite having mobilised huge economic and military resources, the French colonialists failed to achieve their purpose of destroying the revolutionary government and resistance forces to reestablish their rule throughout Indochina. On the contrary, they suffered heavy losses: 390,000 troops.
A ceremony to receive and re-bury the remains of 26 Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in the Lao battlefield was held in the central province of Quang Binh on May 6.
Many of the French soldiers who participated in the battle at Dien Bien Phu are now in their 90s. Several veterans express hope for better relations between Vietnam and France in the near future.
The Vietnam Circus Federation will host a circus show re-enacting the Dien Bien Phu battlefield in Hanoi on May 5 to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the victory.
The former battlefield of the historic Dien Bien Phu campaign, Muong Thanh valley, now Dien Bien Phu city, Dien Bien province, has overcome war consequences to make changes for development.
The People’s Committee of the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien has approve a project to upgrade a number of relic sites on the former battlefield of the historic Dien Bien Phu campaign as the 65th anniversary of the victory nears (May 7, 1954-2019).
Domestic and foreign tourist arrivals to relic sites in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien strongly hiked during the Lunar New Year festival.
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