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VN to celebrate 60th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu victory

VGP – A national-level ceremony will be held on May 7, 2014 to mark the 60th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu victory, according to the Office of Government.

May 10, 2013 6:31 PM GMT+7

Dien Bien Phu victory ends nine-year war of resistance against the French colonialists

The ceremony is part of the bigger program steered by a national organizing committee to celebrate the victory.

On December 6, 1953, in Phu Dinh Commune, Dinh Hoa District, President Ho Chi Minh chaired a Politburo meeting approving the strategic plan to attack French colonialists during the Winter-Spring of 1954.

The attack ended with the historic Dien Bien Phu victory in May 1954, which became a global event that surprised the whole world and helped end the Vietnamese nation’s nine-year war of resistance against the French colonialists.

The Dien Bien Phu victory is also closely attached to the name of General Vo Nguyen Giap, who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Dien Bien Phu Campaign./.

By Huong Giang