Grand ceremony and parade commemorate 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory
WVR/VNA - In the morning of May 7, a grand ceremony and parade took place at the stadium of the northwestern province of Dien Bien to mark the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 - 2024).
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| Grand ceremony and parade commemorate 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory: Officials attend the ceremony at the stadium of Dien Bien province on May 7, 2024. (Photo: VNA) |
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong sent a flower basket to celebrate the anniversary.
The event was attended by former General Secretary Nong Duc Manh; Former Presidents: Nguyen Minh Triet, Truong Tan Sang, Nguyen Xuan Phuc; Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; Former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung; former Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Van An; Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan; Politburo members: Permanent member of the Party Central Committee (PCC)’s Secretariat and Head of the PCC's Organisation Commission Truong Thi Mai, Standing Vice Chairman of the NA Tran Thanh Man, Secretary of the PCC and Head of PCC's Commission for Internal Affairs Phan Dinh Trac, Secretary of the PCC and Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court Nguyen Hoa Binh, Minister of Public Security General To Lam, Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang, Secretary of Hanoi Municipal Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung, and Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen.
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| Grand ceremony and parade commemorate 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory: A force joining in the parade. (Photo: VNA) |
The ceremony also drew the participation of other Secretaries of the PCC, leaders of central ministries and agencies and some provinces and cities, revolutionary veterans, heroic Vietnamese mothers, Dien Bien soldiers, frontline workers and youth volunteers who participated in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign.
The government delegations from Lao, Cambodia, China, and France as well as ambassadors and representatives of international organisations in Vietnam also attended the event.
Braving a rain in the early morning, tens of thousands of local residents and visitors flocked to the stadium and thoroughfares where the parade would move through to witness the event.
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| Grand ceremony and parade commemorate 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory: The unit of the People's Navy in parade. (Photo: VNS) |
The celebration began with a flag raising ceremony and salute cannons, followed by a military parade and a procession of civil forces.
The Dien Bien Phu Victory on May 7, 1954, forced the French colonialists to sit down at the negotiation table to discuss and sign the Geneva Accords on ending the war and restoring peace in Indochina in July 1954, putting an end to the prolonged French colonial rule and heralding a new stage for the revolution in Indochina. This was a great and extremely significant victory in the history of Vietnam.
Under the Geneva Accords, for the first time, the French Government and each state participating in the Geneva Conference pledged to respect the sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of Vietnam and absolutely not to intervene in the country’s internal affairs. The French troops must withdraw while North Vietnam was completely liberated, embarking on the building of socialism and becoming a large and firm rear for people in the South to push ahead with the struggle for national liberation and reunification.
(Source: WVR/VNA)
