VOV.VN - As Vietnam-Algeria relations were elevated to a Strategic Partnership during Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit, and ahead of the 50th anniversary of General Vo Nguyen Giap’s historic visit and speech in Algeria in January 1976, a broad array of meaningful activities took place in Algiers December 9 to 14.

The Arabic edition of Dien Bien Phu by General Vo Nguyen Giap has been introduced to readers in Algeria, marking a new step in Vietnam’s efforts to promote its historical and cultural values to Arab countries.

VOV.VN - A high-ranking Vietnamese delegation led by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh laid a wreath at the Memorial of the Martyr, visited the National Museum of the Moudjahid, and attended the launch of the Arabic edition of the book Dien Bien Phu by legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap of Vietnam.

South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa visited the family of General Vo Nguyen Giap at No. 30, Hoang Dieu street, Hanoi, as part of his state visit to Vietnam, on October 24 morning.

VOV.VN - Japanese broadcaster NHK on April 30 ran a report highlighting the significance of Vietnam’s great Spring 1975 victory, as well as the country’s grand celebration marking 50 years of the liberation of the South and the reunification of the country.

Party General Secretary To Lam paid floral tributes and offered incense to two of Vietnam's most revered military leaders Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap and Gen. Van Tien Dung at their respective residence and memorial house in Hanoi on April 28, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification (April 30).

General Vo Nguyen Giap was a military leader of the greatest stature, a strategist of the “people’s war” and a faithful representative of the thought of President Ho Chi Minh, said Algerian Ambassador to Vietnam Sofiane Chaib.

A photo exhibition named “The Imprint of General Vo Nguyen Giap on Dien Bien Phu” opened in the central province of Quang Binh – the hometown of the General - on August 20.

VOV.VN - Lai Xuan Mon, member of the Party Central Committee and standing deputy head of the Party’s Information and Education Commission, paid a working visit to Algeria from May 14-19 to boost multifaceted cooperation between the two countries.

VOV.VN - A delegation of the Vietnamese Party and State leaders laid a wreath at President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi on May 6 in commemoration of the late president on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory over French colonialism.