Party General Secretary To Lam commemorated Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap and Gen. Van Tien Dung, two of Vietnam's most revered military leaders, in Hanoi on April 28.

With nothing more than a hammer and sheets of glass, a Vietnamese artist has created captivating portraits of Vietnamese leaders — including President Ho Chi Minh, General Vo Nguyen Giap, and General Secretaries of the Communist Party of Vietnam across different eras.

It has been more than 10 years since General Vo Nguyen Giap passed away, but his image is still imprinted in the minds of the Vietnamese people as well as international friends.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria hosted a ceremony on September 25 to celebrate the 79th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day (September 2) and the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory, with over 200 guests in attendance.

Recently, residents and tourists in Hue have been delighted to see green lanes on the sidewalks of some city streets. These green lanes are the first dedicated bicycle lanes on sidewalks in Vietnam. The project is led by Thua Thien-Hue province's Department of Planning and Investment.

A Vietnamese space has received warm response from visitors at the ongoing 2024 Buenos Aires International Book Fair.

The Dien Bien Phu Victory continues to inspire oppressed peoples worldwide to fight for independence and freedom. Seventy years on, this shining milestone of the Vietnamese people retains its timeless significance and remains a radiant symbol in the liberation movements. Such assessments have been the focal point of media attention in many countries in recent days.

The Dien Bien Phu Campaign on May 7, 1954, went down in history as a glorious milestone of the entire Vietnamese Party, army, and people in the resistance war against the French colonialists (1945 - 1954).

“It took nine years to secure Dien Bien/The victory was a red flower and a golden epic.” These lines of verse, part of a poem titled “Thirty years we have the Party in our life” by To Huu, describe the pride that millions of Vietnamese people take in the Dien Bien Phu Victory. It “resounded across the five continents and shook the globe”.

A grand ceremony and parade took place at the stadium of the northwestern province of Dien Bien in the morning of May 7, marking the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 - 2024).

The Party Central Committee, the National Assembly (NA), the State President, the Government, the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, and the northwestern province of Dien Bien held a grand ceremony on May 7 in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 - 2024).

At 5.30pm on May 7, 1954, the “Determined to Fight, Determined to Win” flag of the Vietnam People’s Army was raised on the top of the command bunker of French General De Castries, marking the end of 56 days and nights of steadfast, brave, and ingenious fighting by our soldiers and people. The Dien Bien Phu Campaign was a complete victory - a triumph that “resounded across the five continents and shook the world.”

Having identified the strategic resolve to advance and annihilate the enemy at Dien Bien Phu, a major concern of the Party Central Committee was the provision of food and ammunition and ensuring logistical routes remained open for the tens of thousands of frontline troops fighting in rear areas for a long period of time.

The Temple of Dien Bien Phu Martyrs in the city of Dien Bien Phu boasts unique architecture, with every detail bearing special historical, cultural, and spiritual significance.

The Su That (Truth) National Political Publishing House and the family of late General Vo Nguyen Giap held a ceremony to introduce the 9th edition of the book “Dien Bien Phu” written by the General.

The strength of the Vietnamese army in the Dien Bien Phu battle came from wisdom, ingenuity, and bravery, a professor from the Saint Petersburg State University of Russia said about the Dien Bien Phu Victory 70 years ago (May 7, 1954).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh paid homage to General Vo Nguyen Giap and met with families of soldiers fighting in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign and policy beneficiaries in Muong Phang commune of Dien Bien Phu city, the northwestern province of Dien Bien, on April 16.

A defining moment in Vietnamese history was marked with the Dien Bien Phu Victory 70 years ago, a triumph that resonated across continents and shook the world.

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.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria in collaboration with the national daily El Moudjahid of the African country organised a press conference on April 4 to mark the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 – 2024) and the signing of the Geneva Accords on ending the war in Vietnam (July 21, 1954 – 2024).