Dien Bien: Changes in Muong Thanh valley
66 years after the glorious Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 - May 7, 2020), the Muong Thanh valley, onced a fierce battlefield with the sacrifices of many heroic people, is gradually reviving and changing day by day.
The lives of the ethnic minorities in the Northwest are improving.
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Dien Bien Phu City on the rise (Photo: VNA)  | The A1 Hill, the site of a fierce fight in Dien Bien Phu valley, has now been covered with greenery (Photo: VNA) |
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The Muong Thanh valley is reviving after 66 years from the Dien Bien Phu Victory (Photo: VNA)  | The Muong Thanh valley is well-known for large paddy fields (Photo: VNA) |
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The development of homestay tourism contributes to the changes in Dien Bien province (Photo: VNA)  | A model of raising rabbits helps increase local people’s income (Photo: VNA) |
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The joy of bumper crops in Muong Thanh fields (Photo: VNA)  | A model of growing clean vegetables provides vegetables for the provincial market (Photo: VNA) |
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The old battlefield ruins become a tourist destination for many visitors (Photo: VNA)  | Local festivals are restored and preserved, serving the spiritual life of the people (Photo: VNA) |
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The younger generation lights candles in commemoration of the heroes who laid down their lives on this historic land (Photo: VNA) |
In 1953, eight years after reinvading Indochina, despite having mobilised huge economic and military resources, the French colonialists failed to achieve their purpose of destroying the revolutionary government
