A special musical programme is scheduled to take place in the northwestern province of Dien Bien on May 6 in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 - 2024).

VOV.VN - The Lao ethnic minority group residing in Pa Thom commune of Dien Bien district in the northern province of Dien Bien have re-enacted the water splashing festival, with the aim of showing respect to ancestors and praying for bumper crops.

A number of original documents and records about the Dien Bien Phu Campaign and the 1954 Geneva Conference were made public for the first time and introduced to the media on April 5.

Italy’s L’Unione Sarda news website ran an article honouring the braveness of Vietnam through the Dien Bien Phu Victory 70 years ago.

A national symposium on the Dien Bien Phu Victory will be held on April 15 in the northwestern city of Dien Bien that witnessed the triumph 70 years ago, it was announced at a press conference in Hanoi on April 4.

Seventy large posters by amateur and professional artists across the country are put on display in the northwestern province of Dien Bien’s Dien Bien Phu city, as part of the activities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.

French historian Alain Ruscio, who has conducted many studies on Indochina and Vietnam, has hailed the significance of Dien Bien Phu Victory, saying it had a great influence on the struggle against colonialism of peoples around the world, and the historical meaning of the event remains valid today.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Information and Communications will issue a collection of postage stamps this April to mark the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu victory, which falls on May 7.

Two animated films, "Loi hua Dien Bien” (The Promise of Dien Bien) and “Chiec xe tho Dien Bien” (The Dien Bien Cart), are currently in production to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 - 2024), the Vietnam Animation Joint Stock Company has announced.

VOV.VN - Scholars looked at the historical value and the magnitude of the victory of the Dien Bien Phu campaign in northern Vietnam over French colonialism 70 years ago at a symposium held in Hanoi on March 27.