A television programme linking Dinh Hoa, a revolutionary base in Thai Nguyen province, and the Dien Bien Phu Victory Monument was held on May 6 to mark the 58 th anniversary of the Victory at Dien Bien Phu on May 7, 1954-2012.

On December 6, 1953, in Phu Dinh commune, Dinh Hoa district, President Ho Chi Minh chaired a Politburo meeting approving the strategic plan to attack during the Winter-Spring of 1954, which ended with the historic Dien Bien Phu victory. It was a global event that surprised the whole world and helped end the Vietnamese nation’s nine-year war of resistance against the French colonialists.

The programme, themed “Thai Nguyen safe zone to the historical Dien Bien Phu victory”, helped the audience understand the significance of the war and the people who fought in it. Their will and determination went down in history.

The audience also had the chance to see Thai Nguyen and Dien Bien Phu on the way to development and renovation since the historic Dien Bien Phu Victory.

On the occasion, businesses from Dien Bien and Thai Nguyen provinces presented 68 gifts worth nearly 100 million VND to war veterans who had fought in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign.-VNA