For Vietnam, the victory on April 30, 1975, was a profoundly significant event in the nation's history. From that moment, Vietnam was fully reunified, and the nation entered a new historical era - the era of independence, unification, and socialism building.
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.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of National Defence and the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) on July 19 co-organised a scientific seminar entitled "70 years of the Geneva Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam" (July 21, 1954 - 2024).
Vietnam always treasures international support and solidarity to its glorious struggle for independence, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has expressed his deep appreciation as the country will mark 70 years of 1954 Geneva Agreement in the next few days.
Documents and archives regarding the Dien Bien Phu Campaign and the Geneva Conference in 1954 are currently well-preserved at the National Archives Centre No 3 in Hanoi.
A number of original documents and records about the Dien Bien Phu Campaign and the 1954 Geneva Conference were made public for the first time and introduced to the media on April 5.