Vietnam won the Dien Bien Phu battle 70 years ago, forcing the French government to sign the Geneva Agreement in July 1954 and marking the end of the French military presence in the Indochina. The ...

DIEN BIEN PHU, VietnamDIEN BIEN PHU, Vietnam — Vietnam on Tuesday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu in which the French colonial army was defeated by Vietnamese troops, ...

Exactly 70 years ago, Vietnam won the Dien Bien Phu campaign, forcing the French government to sign the Geneva Agreement in July 1954 and marking the end of the French military presence not only in ...

Some information about the Dien Bien Phu Campaign 70 years ago will be revealed for the first time in a documentary that will be aired by Vietnam Television (VTV) on May 7. With a total length of ...

Dien Bien province is welcoming crowds of visitors, for whom the Dien Bien Phu Victory Museum is an emotional must-see destination. May 7 this year marks the 70th anniversary of the great victory ...

Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu will represent France at commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of the battle next week. While French officials have previously visited memorials to the ...

HANOI -- Vietnam commemorated the 70th anniversary of its victory over French forces in Dien Bien Phu, a town in the northwest of the country, on May 7, reflecting on its historic fight for ...

HANOI, Indochina -- The French fortress of Dien Bien Phu fell to overwhelming hordes of Communist Viet Minn attackers today, ending a 57-day siege. The end of the gallant defense against overwhelming ...

‘And this,’ our guide said, ‘is where Colonel Piroth committed suicide.’ We were standing by a fenced-off scrap of wasteland on the edge of a busy market. The only evidence that anything of ...