Values of Vietnam's Dien Bien Phu Victory Spotlighted

Italy’s L’Unione Sarda news website ran an article honoring the braveness of Vietnam through the Dien Bien Phu Victory 70 years ago, VNA reported.

L'Unione Sarda is an Italian regional daily newspaper for the island of Sardinia. It is the oldest newspaper in Sardinia still publishing.

The article on the Dien Bien Phu Victory was published on L’Unione Sarda. Screenshot photo

In the article entitled “Vietnam, the Lesson Still Applies Today,” Antonio Barracca, the author, highlighted that Vietnam, a poor, predominantly agricultural nation then, managed to defeat the armies of two world powers.

The author visited Vietnam just a few years after the war ended. At that time, Hanoi was an agricultural city with few light bulbs to illuminate deserted streets populated by bicycles during the day. The only important buildings were those of the French colonization.

He underlined that the Dien Bien Phu battle in 1954 ended with the total victory of Vietnam, and became a decisive battle ending the invasive war in Indochina. It led to the signing of the peace agreements concluded on 21 July 1954, according to which France had to accept to withdraw its troops from the entire Indochina.

On April 30, 1975, Vietnam once again defeated US troops and completely liberated the south and reunified the country, noted the author.

Barracca emphasized that in these wars like that of Vietnam, it is the strongest who must put an end to the war “if we want right and not wrong to prevail”.

During a recent conversation with a VNA reporter in Bangkok, Thai scholar Songrit Pongern attributed Vietnam's achievements, including the historic Dien Bien Phu victory, to the enduring qualities embodied in Ho Chi Minh's ideology and the sound leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Songrit said the Dien Bien Phu victory had inspired and encouraged the fight for independence in colonized nations worldwide, with the model of solidarity displayed by Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia which ultimately led to their triumph over superpowers like France and the US.

He said the shared ideology and destiny provided a powerful force for solidarity among the three neighboring countries, helping them overcome the hardships of the prolonged war for national independence. The solidarity among the three countries has continued today, evident in their shared stance on the international political stage and within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), including initiatives like the shared border economic zone.

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