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Dien Bien Phu Victory 70 years on

NA Chairman pays tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at House 67

NA Chairman pays tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at House 67

Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man paid respects to late President Ho Chi Minh, at House 67 inside the Presidential Palace complex in Hanoi on February 3, on the occasion of the 95th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 – 2025), and the Lunar New Year Festival.

Communist Party of Vietnam's journey to national prosperity

Communist Party of Vietnam's journey to national prosperity

Looking back on the 95-year journey under the Party’s leadership, Vietnam has transformed from a poor and backward nation into a dynamic country with an increasingly prominent position on the world stage. This proves that, in Vietnam, no other political force than the Communist Party of Vietnam possesses sufficient mettle, intellect, experience, reputation, and leadership capabilities to guide the country through every difficulty and challenge, bringing the national revolutionary cause from one victory to others.

Exploring new Vietnam Military History Museum

Exploring new Vietnam Military History Museum

Built by the Ministry of National Defence since 2019, the new Vietnam Military History Museum on Thang Long Boulevard, Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi, will replace the old facility on Dien Bien Phu Street, which closed on September 30, 2024.

General Vo Nguyen Giap is warmly welcomed by leaders and people of Cotonou during his visit to Benin from November 5-8 in 1980. (File Photo: VNA)

General Vo Nguyen Giap in int'l friends’ heart

Today marks the 11th anniversary of the passing of General Vo Nguyen Giap, a prominent military strategist in Vietnam’s history renowned for his leadership in the victorious Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954, a crucial event that marks the end of the French colonial rule in Vietnam.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Israel Ly Duc Trung joins the online talk. (Photo: VNA)

Israeli students learn about Vietnam’s history, development

The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel, in collaboration with the Israel - Vietnam Friendship Association and the Open University of Israel, on July 21 organised an online talk on the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam (July 21, 1954 - 2024), the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 - 2024), and the 31 years since the establishment of Vietnam - Israel diplomatic relations (July 12, 1993 - 2024).

The Geneva Conference begins to discuss the restoration of peace in Indochina on May 8, 1954. (Photo: VNA)

Lao official highlights epochal significance of 1954 Geneva Agreement

Vanxay Tavinyan, Vice Chairman of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee’s Commission for Propaganda and Training, has emphasised the epochal significance of the 1954 Geneva Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam, as well as the role of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in the signing of the document.

General Director of the Khaosan Pathet Lao (KPL - Lao News Agency) Khampheuy Philapha (Photo: VNA)

1954 Geneva Agreement – a victory of Vietnam’s revolutionary diplomacy

The Geneva Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam signed on July 21, 1954 is a victory of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the country’s revolutionary diplomacy, General Director of the Khaosan Pathet Lao (KPL - Lao News Agency) Khampheuy Philapha told the Vietnam News Agency.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (C) and other delegates cut the ribbon to open the exhibition. (Photo: VNA)

Exhibition on Geneva Agreement opens

An exhibition themed “The Geneva Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam – A Historic Milestone of Vietnam’s Revolutionary Diplomacy” opened at the Vietnam National Museum of History in Hanoi on July 15.

Carlos Aznarez, Editor-in-Chief of Argentina's Resumen Latinoamericano Newspaper. (Photo: VNA)

Geneva Agreement marks start of collapse of colonialism worldwide: Argentinean journalist

Together with the Dien Bien Phu Victory on May 7, 1954, the Geneva Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam the same year served as a great source of encouragement for the liberation movements of other oppressed nations, marking the start of the collapse of colonialism worldwide, said Carlos Aznarez, Editor-in-Chief of Argentina's Resumen Latinoamericano Newspaper.

Vietnam secured the historic victory of the Dien Bien Phu Campaign against the French colonialists on May 7, 1954. (File photo: VNA)

Seminar in Israel highlights Dien Bien Phu Victory

The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel, in collaboration with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, on July 9 organised a seminar on the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 1954) and the signing of the “Geneva Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam (1954 - 2024) on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of those events.