Specifically, the museum will be open to visitors every Friday and Saturday evening from April 1, 2024, to May 31, 2024.

Particularly on May 6 and May 7 (Monday and Tuesday), the museum will receive visitors during the day and the evening until 9 pm.

According to Director of the museum, Vu Thi Tuyet Nga, based on the number of visitors to the museum in recent times, it is forecast that more tourists will visit the museum during the major holidays and celebrations in the coming months. Therefore, the museum manager decided to extend the opening time of the museum at night.

In March 2024 alone, the Dien Bien Phu Victory Museum received 50,433 visitors, including many groups of veterans, officers, soldiers and students.

Museum honours Vietnam’s glorious Dien Bien Phu Victory

The Dien Bien Phu Victory Museum in Dien Bien Phu city of the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien is a cultural work that preserves thousands of documents and artifacts closely associated with the glorious Dien Bien Phu Victory over French colonials in 1954, which “resounded across the five continents and shook the globe”.

Dien Bien Phu Campaign: A brief summary

The Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954 stands out as a remarkable epic of the people's war, making its mark in history as a shining triumph that smashed the stronghold of imperial colonialism.

French agency releases photo book on Dien Bien Phu campaign

The French Defense Audiovisual Agency (ECPAD) has made public a photo book on the Dien Bien Phu campaign in Vietnam, including never-before-seen images, on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.

March 14, 1954: Enemy's forces reinforced at Dien Bien Phu, Vietnamese soldiers attack Doc Lap Hill stronghold

The loss of Him Lam shocked the command of the French Far-East Expeditionary Corps in the North. However, the French colonialists could not do anything because the Muong Thanh airport area was tightly controlled by Vietnamese artillery. At 7 o'clock on April 14, 1954, Vietnamese soldiers' anti-aircraft artillery shot down the first plane.

March 13, 1954: Opening battle of Dien Bien Phu Campaign

On March 13, 1954, the first phase of the Dien Bien Phu Campaign began. Implementing the determined battle plan, Vietnamese soldiers attacked Him Lam, a strong resistance centre with three bases located on three adjacent hills on Road No.41, which was guarded by the 3rd Battalion under the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion.

Source: NDO