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Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Chairman of the Central Theory Council Nguyen Xuan Thang at the seminar |
Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Chairman of the Central Theory Council Nguyen Xuan Thang attended and spoke at the event.
In his opening speech, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son recalled that 70 years ago on July 21, 1954, the Geneva Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam was signed, marking an important historical milestone in the cause of national liberation and reunification.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son speaks at the event. |
Together with the Dien Bien Phu Victory, the Geneva Agreement put a decisive end to the reign of colonialism over Vietnam for nearly 100 years, liberating the North and paving the way for the building of socialism in the North to turn it into a firm rear of the South, towards liberating the South and reunifying the nation.
The 1954 Geneva Conference was the first multilateral forum that Vietnam participated in together with the direct participation and negotiations of major countries. In this first participation, the Vietnamese diplomatic sector affirmed the position, stance, and internal strength of a nation with thousands of years of history and having a strong will to protect the country's independence.
Delegates said that Dien Bien Phu Campaign and Geneva Conference demonstrated the typical combination of diplomatic and political and military realms. Under the leadership and direction of the Party and President Ho Chi Minh, this close combination helped turn victory on the battlefield into success in politics and diplomacy.
Speaking at the event, Nguyen Xuan Thang affirmed that promoting the great power and influence of the Dien Bien Phu Victory, the Geneva Agreement was the pinnacle of the Vietnamese diplomacy in the resistance war against the French colonialists. It affirmed the righteousness of the struggle for national liberation and the friendship tradition and peace-loving spirit of the Vietnam people.
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Delegates visit a photo exhibition held to mark the 70 years of the Geneva Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam. |
At the seminar, delegates highlighted the significance of the agreement to Vietnam’s revolutionary cause and the revolutionary movement worldwide and proposed measures to bring into its values, thus igniting the aspiration to build a prosperous, democratic, civilized, and happy nation.
Translated by Tran Hoai