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The Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce holds a conference to celebrate the Dien Bien Phu Victory. (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – The Dien Bien Phu Victory which ended the French colonial rule in Vietnam (May 7, 1954) was celebrated at a conference held by the Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce in Vientiane on May 16. More than 200 officials of the Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce watched a documentary on the victory 65 years ago, which helped them understand more about the significance of the triumph to the revolutionary development of the three Indochinese nations of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, as well as the special solidarity and fighting alliance between Vietnam and Laos. Vietnamese Defence Attache in Laos Colonel Tao Van Thai said the Dien Bien Phu Victory is the win shared by the people of the Indochinese nations, and the triumph of the Vietnam-Laos special solidarity and fighting alliance. He thanked the Lao Party, State and people for their … [Read more...] about Lao ministry celebrates Dien Bien Phu Victory

The ceremony saw the presence of Lao Deputy Minister of National Defence, Lieutenant General Phuvong Vongphom, Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung, Vietnamese Defence Attaché to Laos Tao Van Thai and others. Speaking at the ceremony, Lao Deputy Minister of National Defence Phuvong Vongphom said that the Lao army and people are delighted to coordinate with the Party, State, army and people of Vietnam to hold the ceremony to mark the Dien Bien Phu Victory. He noted that the Dien Bien Phu victory was the greatest victory in the history of fighting against invaders of the Vietnamese Army and people, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Ho Chi Minh. It was not only a victory of the Vietnamese Army and people, but also a victory of the Lao and Cambodian people, who allied with Vietnam to fight against the common enemy to liberate the country and force the enemy to recognise the national independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of … [Read more...] about Laos celebrates 65th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory

65 years ago on the Muong Thanh plain, in the midst of the Northwestern mountains and forests, the Vietnamese people and armed forces, under the leadership of the Party headed by President Ho Chi Minh, fought the strategic battle of Dien Bien Phu. After 56 days of relentless, valiant and ingenious combat, on the afternoon of May 7, 1954, the Vietnamese people and armed forces defeated the French colonialists’ last-ditch effort and gained the Dien Bien Phu Victory, which resounded across the five continents and shook the world, ending the resistance war against the aggressive French colonialists and marking a great turning point in the Vietnamese people’s history of struggle for national construction and defence. The Dien Bien Phu Victory is the zenith of the Vietnamese art of war. Together with Bach Dang, Chi Lang and Dong Da, the Dien Bien Phu Victory has gone down in national history as an epic of great heroism with bright examples of gallantry, affirming the Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Heroic spirit of Dien Bien Phu Victory shines forever!