On December 1953, the Party central committee and President Ho Chi Minh decided to begin the Dien Bien Phu campaign aiming at the French army headquarters base. (Photo: VNA)

General Vo Nguyen Giap (second right) watched over the battle field for the last time before giving orders to begin the fight. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese soldiers passed Muong Thanh Bridge to attack the centre of the base. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese soldiers fought on Hill C. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese soldiers pulled a rocket launcher into the battle field. (Photo: VNA)

General Vo Nguyen Giap presented the People's Army flag to outstanding units during the Dien Bien Phu campaign. (Photo: VNA)

Raising the victory flag ​on top of the bunker of French General de Castries (Photo: VNA)

General de Castries (centre) and French army staff officials at the base surrendered. (Photo: VNA)

Captured French soldiers walked in lines after the battle (Photo: VNA)

Nowaday Dien Bien Phu City (Photo: VNA)

The local museum on the Dien Bien Phu Victory (Photo: VNA)

A1 Hill (also called Eliane 2 by French troops) - the site of the most famous battle of Dien Bien Phu campaign - has become a  tourist attraction. (Photo: VNA)

Muong Thanh Bridge today (Photo: VNA)

A local street named after General Vo Nguyen Giap (Photo: VNA)

Source: VNA