In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the glorious victory (May 7, 1954 - 2024), the website https://dienbienphu.nhandan.vn/ wants to recreate the grandeur of the victory that “resonated across five continents,” and analyze the insightful political and military strategies of the Party, led by President Ho Chi Minh.
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Editor-in-chief of the Nhan Dan Newspaper Le Quoc Minh addresses the event. |
Editor-in-chief of the Nhan Dan newspaper Le Quoc Minh said that the special website has been created “as a deep gratitude sent to generations of our forefathers who devoted their lives and blood to the nation’s independence and freedom.”
Minh has also emphasized that the website is a useful platform supplying information about the campaign in a complete, comprehensive and creative way.
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Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet, Deputy Chief of the General Department of Political Affairs, speaks at the event. |
The website offers a vast digitized collection of printed newspapers published during the Dien Bien Phu Campaign in 1954, as well as valuable books and documents. Readers can explore authentic articles and original writings that have been presented in the form of a multimedia e-magazine.
The entire progress of the Dien Bien Phu Campaign lasting 56 days and nights, from March 13, 1954 to May 7, 1954, has been represented in the form of 56 diary entries. Each entry covers the progress that occurred at the Dien Bien Phu frontline and at other fronts and localities across the country related to the Dien Bien Phu battle, logistics operations and diplomatic struggle.
Addressing the event, Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet, Deputy Chief of the General Department of Political Affairs, highly valued the newspaper for launching the website. Together with the “Campaign Diary,” the page also includes report stories, comments, analysis and interviews with historical witnesses about military art and logistics, and about the courage and sacrifice of Vietnamese soldiers.
Alongside the Vietnamese language, the website is also available in English, Spanish, Chinese and Russian.
Translated by Chung Anh