The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) on May 6 announced the discovery of two new oil and gas fields, Rong and Bunga Aster.

VOV.VN - French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastian Lecornu made a tour of major historical landmarks, including Hill A1 and general de Castries’s bunker system, in the former Dien Bien Phu battlefield in Dien Bien province on May 6.

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954), reporters of the Vietnam News Agency in Paris have visited 99-year-old Geneviève de Galard, the only female flight nurse of the French force in the historic 56-day campaign.

A large number of visitors have flocked to the northern province of Dien Bien, especially to the special national relic site of Dien Bien Phu Battlefield, in the days leading up to the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954-2024).

A photo exhibition was opened in Vientiane on May 6 to mark the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.

The Dien Bien Phu Victory serves as a foundation for Vietnam to achieve great accomplishments, helping expand the country’s diplomatic sector and improve its position, role, and influence in the regional and international arena, said Khamphanh Pheuyavong, Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for Propaganda and Training.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Party and State leaders on May 6 laid wreaths, offered incense and paid tribute to heroic martyrs at the A1 National Martyrs Cemetery in Dien Bien province ahead of a grand ceremony marking 70 years of the Dien Bien Phu Victory over French colonialism.

VOV.VN - An exhibition kicked off at the National Library of Vietnam in Hanoi on May 6 as part of activities to mark the 70th anniversary of the country’s historical victory at Dien Bien Phu against colonial French forces.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 6 welcomed French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu’s ongoing visit to Vietnam where he is scheduled to attend a grand ceremony marking 70 years of the Dien Bien Phu victory over French colonialism on May 7.

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.