Dien Bien Phu is the capital of Dien Bien Province, in
the Northwest region of Vietnam. The city is best known for the events
which occurred there during the Indochina War, the Dien Bien Phu Battle
between French and Viet Minh – the army of Vietnam.
Statistics on Dien Bien Phu’s population vary depending on
definitions – figures are generally from 70,000 to 125,000. The majority
of the population Thai ethnic groups form the largest segment. Ethnic
Kinh makes up around a third of the population, with the others: Hmong,
Si La, or others. These ethnic groups, together with soldiers of Viet
Minh (League of Vietnam) had made one of biggest military victories in the world – the historical Dien Bien Phu battle.
The Dien Bien Phu Battle is the biggest battle in the First Indochina
War place in Basin Muong Thanh, Dien Bien, Lai Chau province (now in
the city of Dien Bien Phu, Dien Bien province) between Army People
Vietnam and the French Union forces. This is the greatest military
victory in the resistance war against the French 1945 – 1954 of Vietnam.
By this decisive victory, the Vietnam Army forces by General Vo Nguyen
Giap have forced the French commander at Dien Bien Phu surrendered in
7th, May 1954, after over two months of scapegoat.
On an international scale, this game has a great significance: the
first time an army of Asian colonies defeat militarily an army of a
European power. Seen as an unexpected catastrophe for the French and
also a blow to the Western world, the brave of Vietnamese soldiers has
defeated the will to maintain the colony of French Indochina and force
it to peace talks and pull out of Indochina.
60 years from these days, nowadays, Dien Bien Phu becomes a famous
destination to both domestic and foreign tourists. Veterans who had
fight in Dien Bien Phu have the desire to come back the old battlefield,
while Youngers want to visit once to understand about the fierce of the
Indochina war. Many historical works are built to remember all those
memories: Dien Bien Museum, Muong Thanh Bridge, Hill No. 1, and Hill Him
Lam, Martyrs graveyard of Dien Bien, Victory Statue of Dien Bien Phu,
and Office of General Giap…
Hill No. 1 is a sobering view of what happened. It is easy to conjure
up loads of images and feelings while walking around this historic
site. The most powerful are of the Vietnamese army getting themselves
and their equipment to Dien Bien Phu in the first place. Massive feats
of engineering and logistics carried out by night and under constant
attack.
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