Youth Union commemorates fallen soldiers in Dien Bien Phu battle
(VOVWORLD) -The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union offered incense and lit candles at Martyrs’ Cemetery A1 in Dien Bien Phu city on Saturday evening in memory of fallen soldiers on the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7).
 Incense offering and candle lighting ceremony to pay tribute to fallen heroes and martyrs at Cemetery A1. Photo:VNA
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At the ceremony, youth representatives laid a wreath at the monument and offered incense in the cemetery to show the profound gratitude of Vietnamese people in general and Dien Bien youths in particular for the soldiers who laid down their lives for national independence and freedom.
Martyrs’ Cemetery A1, built in 1958, is the resting place of 664 martyrs, including To Vinh Dien, Be Van Dan, Phan Dinh Giot, and Tran Can.
The battle in Dien Bien Phu occurred between March and May 1954 under the command of General Vo Nguyen Giap. The victory led to the signing of July 1954 Geneva Accords in which France agreed to withdraw its forces from its colonies in Indochina.