General Vo Nguyen Giap visited the trench of French General De Castries, commander
of the Dien Bien Phu group of fortresses in April 2004. Next to him is Colonel Nguyen
Huyen, the general’s assistant.

General Vo Nguyen Giap stood on the roof of General De Castries’ trench, recalling
the Dien Bien Phu Victory of 50 years ago.

General Vo Nguyen Giap’s wife and daughter.

50 years ago, in the Dien Bien Phu campaign, General Vo Nguyen Giap gave an order to
open fire at 5.30pm, March 13, 1954.

General Vo Nguyen Giap and the sealed order on the Dien Bien Phu general offensive campaign.

General Vo Nguyen Giap observed a drilling of naval troops in 1964.

General Vo Nguyen Giap (first from the right) at the launching ceremony of Song Lo and Bach Dang, the first naval units of Vietnam, on August 24, 1954.

President Ho Chi Minh, General Vo Nguyen Giap and other senior army officers were working on the combat sketch of the Border Campaign 1950.

On the way to the border to implement the Border Campaign, General Vo Nguyen Giap  visited President Ho Chi Minh (1950).

General Vo Nguyen Giap met with elderly partisans in Hoang Hoa district, Thanh Hoa province
(who shot down a US aircraft by rifles) on September 2, 1973.

General Vo Nguyen Giap welcomed Cuban President Fidel Castro.

General Vo Nguyen Giap created a calligraphic work.

In the spring of 1973, President Ton Duc Thang and General Vo Nguyen Giap paid a visit to
Battalion 77 of the Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment 257, which shot down four B52 bombers
during the Dien Bien Phu on the Air campaign in December 1972.

General Vo Nguyen Giap presented the “Hero of the People’s Armed Force” insignia
to the naval sapper unit 126 in 1967.

President Ho Chi Minh, General Vo Nguyen Giap and Deputy PM Pham Hung met the delegation
of outstanding southern soldiers who visited the North Vietnam on January 11, 1965.

General Vo Nguyen Giap paid a visit to Nguyen Xa village in Thai Binh province in 1955.

Standing on a naval ship, General Vo Nguyen Giap showed his determination to defend the country’s sea and islands (March 1973). Next to him were Major General Pham Kiet -
Deputy Minister of Public Security, and Colonel Nguyen Ba Phat, Commander of the naval forces.

General Vo Nguyen Giap and others wished President Ho Chi Minh longevity.

General Vo Nguyen Giap and Prince Souphanouvong discussed the
Upper-Laos campaign in 1954.

General Vo Nguyen Giap visited war invalids at the Military Hospital 108 on July 27, 1969.

Source: VietNamNet Bridge