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Tribute paid to Dien Bien Phu martyrs

Northern Dien Bien province’s authorities on May 7 paid tribute to heroes and martyrs fallen in the battles against French colonialists in Dien Bien Phu on the occasion of the 59 th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.
Northern Dien Bien province’s authorities on May 7 paid tribute toheroes and martyrs fallen in the battles against French colonialists inDien Bien Phu on the occasion of the 59 th anniversary of the Dien BienPhu Victory.

The martyrs were laid to rest at the Doc Lap ( Independence ) Cemetery, Thanh Nua commune, Dien Bien district.

The same day, the delegation paid tribute and offered incense inmemory of heroic martyrs in cemeteries A1, Tong Khao and Him Lam.

Dien Bien has three national cemeteries and several provincialcemeteries, where more than 8,000 martyrs in the resistance wars againstFrench colonialists and US imperialists were laid to rest.

OnDecember 6, 1953, in Phu Dinh commune, Dinh Hoa district, President HoChi Minh chaired a Politburo meeting approving the strategic plan toattack French colonialists during the Winter-Spring of 1954.

Theattack ended with the historic Dien Bien Phu victory in May 1954,which became a global event that surprised the whole world and helpedend the Vietnamese nation’s nine-year war of resistance against theFrench colonialists.

The Dien Bien Phu victory is alsoclosely attached to the name of General Vo Nguyen Giap, who was theCommander-in-Chief of the Dien Bien Phu Campaign.-VNA
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