Vo Nguyen Giap Street, the downtown road of Dien Bien Phu City, has been filled with flags and banners over the past couple of weeks. Several streets have frequently banned vehicles to make room for activities to commemorate the event, including marches.
Hoang Cong Chat Street, one of several routes surrounding the Dien Bien Stadium, is where parades will go through. People living on the sides of the street brought out the national flags in celebration.
Panels to celebrate the anniversary are erected in multiple places. Dien Bien has also paved its sidewalks and built several structures for the occasion.
Images of late general Vo Nguyen Giap are seen on several streets named after him. At the 7/5 Square, the corridors that lead towards the De Castries bunker have also been decorated with several posters with Giap's images.
The A1 hill in Dien Bien Phu's Muong Thanh Ward, which used to be a military headquarters of the French colonialists, is always full of visitors. Two phoenix flower trees can be seen blossoming at the site.
Photo by GiangHuy
Over 20 soldiers clean the graves of martyrs at the A1 hill. Every day, the cemetery receives thousands of veterans and tourists.
Every day, Dien Bien receives thousands of tourists. During the Reunification Day-Labor Day holiday, the province received around 180,000 visitors, 2.37 times than that in the same period of 2023, according to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The Muong Thanh Bridge over the Nam Rom River shines brightly at night. Previously, from April 15 to 20, vehicles running through the bridge were banned for the installation of a lighting system.
All the costs were covered by French businesses operating in Vietnam.
In 1954, Muong Thanh was the only iron bridge connecting vital routes with military headquarters to the west of Nam Rom River.
