[Photo] Dien Bien Phu City after 70 years of historic victory

The fierce battlefield of 70 years ago is now replaced by the appearance of a young urban area on the rise.

The main street of Dien Bien Phu city is named after General Vo Nguyen Giap...

The monument was inaugurated on April 30, 4 on the occasion of the 2004th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory. With a height of 50 m, a pedestal of 12,6 m high, weighing 3,6 tons, the victory monument complex includes 220 soldiers standing back to back, holding an ethnic Thai baby, on top is a leaf. Chess determines victory.

Hill A1 is located in Muong Thanh ward, the most important base in the group of French colonial strongholds seen from above.

Dien Bien Phu Historical Victory Museum, which stores and displays over 1.000 artifacts from the campaign, with the highlight being the Panorama mural recreating the Dien Bien Phu Campaign, especially attracting tourists to visit.

Martyrs Cemetery A1, built in 1958. There are 644 graves of soldiers who died in the Dien Bien Phu campaign. Most of them do not have names attached, only 4 graves record the names of heroic martyrs To Vinh Dien, Phan Dinh Giot, Be Van Dan, and Tran Can.

In 2003, Dien Bien Phu town was recognized as a grade III urban area and officially became a city under Dien Bien province. Since then, new projects have been built to help Dien Bien Phu city become more spacious and developed.

Typically, the martyrs' temple project at Dien Bien Phu Battlefield was inaugurated in 2021.

Dien Bien Stadium is also being urgently repaired and upgraded with a number of items. This is the place chosen to hold the 70th Anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.

It is impossible to forget the historic Muong Thanh Bridge, the bridge that once marked the feet of the Vietnam People's Army soldiers rushing across, heading straight to the French Army Headquarters on the afternoon of May 7. /5, captured alive the commanding general De Castry, marking the complete collapse of colonialism at the Dien Bien Phu battlefield. After 1954 years of existence, the bridge has been repaired many times, but still retains its original structure. People still travel back and forth every day on the historic bridge.

Nam Rom River originates from the Pu Huoi Luong mountain range (in Thai, meaning big mountain and stream) in Na Tau commune, Dien Bien Phu city, crosses Muong Thanh valley and is considered the lifeline of the largest field in the West. The North brings a prosperous life to its people.

Dien Bien Phu city in the evening viewed from above is beautiful with the lights of the city, with the highlight in the distance being Dien Bien airport.

Central roads of Dien Bien Phu city viewed from above.

The sparkling, modern new look of Dien Bien city at night.