To be hosted by the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien, the National Tourism Year 2024 will be a typical cultural, economic, and social event associated with the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory (May 7, 1954 – 2024), according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.

VOV.VN - Tran Quoc Tuan, WBC Muay Thai Vietnam champion, successfully beat Austrian Mochamed Emin Machaev of Soma Fight Club to become the winner of the Muay Thai Rampage (MTR) - One King Victory In Pride, which ended at Saigon Sports Club in Ho Chi Minh City on September 17.

VOV.VN - The local administrations of Batna province of Algeria and the Vietnamese province of Dien Bien consented to establish a twinning partnership between the two localities on August 28.

After the final of AFF U23 Championship on August 26 in Thailand, while Thai media expressed their admiration for the U23 Vietnam's victory in the tournament, the Indonesian press expressed regret when Indonesian players lost in the penalty shootout.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s No. 1 chess player Le Quang Liem has cruised into the third round of the 2023 FIDE World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, after clinching an overwhelming victory over Ivan Ivanisevic (Serbia) in a tiebreak on August 4 evening (local time).

The historical meaning of the victory in countering the US’s naval blockade using torpedoes, mines and magnetic bombs in the north 50 years ago (June 27, 1973-2023) and lessons from the victory were spotlighted at a conference held in the northern port city of Hai Phong on June 26.

VOV.VN - Dien Bien province is a revolutionary land which, in 1954, was the site of the historic and world-shaking Dien Bien Phu victory over the French colonialists.

VOV.VN - On May 7, 1954, the Vietnamese army and people won the historic Dien Bien Phu victory which resulted in the signing of the Geneva Agreement ending the war and restoring peace in Indochina, paving the way for the reunification of Vietnam in 1975. 69 years after the Dien Bien Phu victory, the peoples of Vietnam and France are now fostering friendship and cooperation.

An art programme entitled “The epic of Dien Bien” was held in Dien Bien Phu city, the northwestern province of Dien Bien, to celebrate the 69th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu historical victory (May 7,1954-2023).

The Embassies of Russia and Belarus in Vietnam together held a ceremony in Hanoi on May 4 to celebrate the 78th anniversary of Victory Day over Fascism in the Great Patriotic War (May 9, 1945 – 2023).