Seven decades after the communist victory, memories have dimmed and the two nations have built a friendship atop the positive legacies of French rule. On May 7, Vietnam jubilantly celebrated the 70th ...

DIEN BIEN PHU, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam on Tuesday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu in which the French colonial army was defeated by Vietnamese troops, marking the end of ...

Deep in a remote valley French forces believed they had created an unbreakable stronghold that would force their enemy into a decisive defeat. Instead they found themselves surrounded, outgunned, and ...

Across the rugged valleys of northwest Vietnam, we retrace the Battle of Dien Bien Phu by mapping its decisive moments and shifting lines of fire. We move through the French fortifications, the Viet ...

France has for the first time been invited to commemorate the battle of Dien Bien Phu, which led to French troops' defeat in Vietnam and marked the country's last stand in colonial Indochina, Paris ...

DIEN BIEN PHU, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam has started commemorations for the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu battle in which the French colonial army was defeated by Vietnamese troops. Thousands of ...

Seven decades after the communist victory, memories have dimmed and the two nations have built a friendship atop the positive legacies of French rule.