Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 8 for Zhang Qingwei, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China.

The ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory, with the French Minister of Armed Forces in presence, has been widely covered in the French media as an action to recall the past but also look toward the future.

VOV.VN - Armed forces and militia members have impressed local residents and tourists with a grand military parade marking 70 years of the Dien Bien Phu victory over French colonialism, and both leavers and stayers now find it hard to say goodbye to each other on the parting day.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia in collaboration with the Literature and Art Association of the Vietnamese people in the European country organised a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory on May 7.

The Dien Bien Phu victory 70 years ago created a premise for the signing of the Geneva agreements on ending war and restoring peace in Indochina, according to Radio National Argentina (RNA).

The Granma daily, the newspaper of the Communist Party of Cuba, on May 7 ran an article about the contributions of pack-bikes to the Dien Bien Phu Victory on the 70th anniversary of the victory (May 7, 1954-2024).

A grand meeting was held in Vientiane, Laos on May 7 to mark the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory in Vietnam (May 7, 1954).

VOV.VN - Crowds of residents rejoiced at watching armed forces and militia members parade along the main streets of Dien Bien Phu city on May 7 in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.

The first newspaper copies reporting the defeat of French colonialists in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign in the northwestern province of Dien Bien 70 years ago are now exhibited at the Vietnam Press Museum in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The Party Central Committee, the National Assembly (NA), the State President, the Government, the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, and the northwestern province of Dien Bien held a grand ceremony on May 7 in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 - 2024).