DIEN BIEN PHU, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam on Tuesday celebrated ... “Together we unite to build a world of peace and happiness and no war,” Cu added.

The battle of Dien Bien Phu was a pivotal event in modern Vietnamese ... it was also one of Asia’s longest. During the Vietnam War, its strategic location as the sole link between Hanoi and ...

Below, we outline nine key moments that defined the Vietnam War. The Battle of Dien Bien Phu // March 13–May 7 1954 The Battle of Dien Bien Phu put an end to French colonial supremacy in the ...

During the last months of the First Indochina War in 1954, French General Henri ... if he concentrated his forces at the valley of Dien Bien Phu, an isolated location deep into enemy territory.

The Vietnam War has largely been relegated to the history ... The commanding general credited with defeating the French at Dien Bien Phu and later defeating the Americans as commander of North ...

France, which also lost a war in Vietnam, sent a minister to last year's celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the end of the battle of Dien Bien Phu, when French colonial rule collapsed.

Vietnam’s war with the United States lasted for nearly ... which culminated with the decisive defeat of French forces at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. The end of French Indochina meant major changes ...

Fifty years ago, communist forces took over Saigon in a chaotic and tragic ending to what had become a lengthy and ...

The Vietnam War was the second-longest war in U.S. history ... which culminated with the decisive defeat of French forces at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. The end of French Indochina meant major changes ...

The war from 1955 to 1975 killed more than 58,000 Americans killed and many times that number of Vietnamese. Vietnam's battlefields draw retrospective veterans, tourists Skip to main content Skip ...