Delegates are briefed about the exhibition. (Photo: VNA)

On display are more than 200 photos, documents and artefacts which manifest the smart leadership of the Party and President Ho Chi Minh; solidarity between the army and the people in the 12-day battle which subsequently led to the signing of the Paris Agreement on ending the war in Vietnam.

The exhibition, “Epic of Dien Bien Phu in the air”, is jointly organised by Military Zone 7 and the Air Defence-Air Force.

According to Colonel Hoang Dinh Chung, political commissar of Military Zone 7, said this is a practical activity contributing to educating cadres, soldiers and people on revolutionary ideals and patriotism as well as promote the tradition of the heroic Vietnamese People's Army and build a regular, elite and modern army.

In the battle, the Vietnamese army and people shot down 81 aircraft, including 34 strategic B-52 bombers.

After the exhibition, all documents and artifacts will then be on display at armed forces units of Military Zone 7 and schools in HCM City