(VOVWORLD) -Wednesday’s workshop titled "Dien Bien Phu Victory - Historical value" commemorated the 70th anniversary of the historic event and gave an insight into the cause of victory and lessons learnt for the current national construction and defense. The workshop was organized by the Academy of Politics, the Party History Institute, and the People's Army Newspaper.
 View of the workshop titled "Dien Bien Phu Victory - Historical value". Photo: Anh Huyen
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70 years ago, on March 13, 1954, under the leadership of the Party Central Committee, President Ho Chi Minh and the General Military Commission, the Campaign Command and the revolutionary armed forces opened fire of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
After 56 days and nights of arduous fighting, the campaign ended with a victory, which resounded across the five continents and shook the world, ending the resistance war against the French colonialists and marking a new development stage of the national liberation revolution in the world.
 Lieutenant General, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Van Bao, Director of the Academy of Politics, speaking at the workshop. Photo: Anh Huyen
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Lieutenant General, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Van Bao, Director of the Academy of Politics, told the workshop.
“The workshop continues to affirm the correctness and victory of the people's war policy under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Ho Chi Minh. This is an opportunity for us to review the nation's glorious revolutionary tradition, educate the younger generation to remember the great contributions and sacrifices of our compatriots, officers and soldiers, who laid down their lives for the great victory, independence and freedom for the Fatherland.”
 Delegates visit the Dien Bien Phu book display area. Photo: Anh Huyen
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According to Major General Tran Minh Tuan, Deputy Director of the Institute of Defense Strategy, Dien Bien Phu victory is the pinnacle of the art of warfare and the Vietnamese people's war in the Ho Chi Minh era.
“The Dien Bien Phu victory left behind extremely unique military art values. It was the art of directing and conducting people's war. The Party determined that this was an all-people, comprehensive, long-term, self-reliant resistance war, therefore, all people from North to South, from forests, mountains, plains, and rural areas to urban areas were united and coordinated with the army to fight and serve the fight under the leadership of the Party."
"Vietnamese military art was based on the people's war policy that was formed and developed in the nation's history of fighting foreign invaders. In the Dien Bien Phu campaign, this warfare evolved to a new level and created the strength of the entire nation,” Tuan said.