Composer Tran Manh Hung''s symphonic poem Dien Bien
Phu will be performed at the 16th edition of the Music Festival in the
Mountains on Friday. The festival is one of the most important classical
music festivals in Latin America and brings together musicians...
The symphonic poem Dien Bien Phu by composer Tran Manh Hung will be
performed at the 16th International Festival de Musica nas Montanhas in
Poços de Caldas, Brazil.
The 70th anniversary of Viet Nam''s military force is being commemorated
by holding an exhibition in downtown Ha Noi, which showcases as many as
300 items recording the force''s development.
A poem collection on the Dien Bien Phu victory has been released by the
Literature Publishing House in Ha Noi to celebrate the 60th anniversary
of Dien Bien Phu victory.
A forum on literary works on the Dien Bien Phu Victory was held by the
Preservation and Research Centre for Viet Nam Traditional Culture and
its partners in Ha Noi this week.
The dramatic events occurring on the Dien Bien Phu battlefield in 1954
were reported every day in a hand-produced newspaper printed and
distributed on the battlefield.
Most participants at a conference held in downtown
Dien Bien Phu City yesterday agreed that stepping up co-operation was
the best way to develop regional tourism in Dien Bien and other
northwestern provinces.
An exhibition of more than 100 propaganda paintings and posters which
highlight the glorious resistance against the French invaders opened
today in Ha Noi.
Despite not winning the final stage, veteran Nguyen Thi That held onto
the yellow jersey for achieving the best overall time at the Return to
Dien Bien Phu Cycling Tournament-People''s Army Newspaper Cup which
concluded yesterday.
Visitors to the photo exhibition Dien Bien Phu — 60 Nam Ban Hung Ca
(Dien Bien Phu — The 60-Year-Old Epic) can relive the historic battle
through more than 100 intense images.
Colonel Pham Thanh Tam''s moving book of 300 paintings, drawings, and
photographs is drawn from his extraordinary experience of having
witnessed and participated in the legendary battle of Dien Bien Phu
which led to the resounding defeat of the French.
A spectacular performance involving more than 1,000 artists will kick
start a series of events celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Dien
Bien Phu Victory (May 7 1954) tonight.
A variety of activities are taking place in Viet Nam and around the rest
of the world to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu
Victory, which falls on Wednesday.
