VNA show revisits epic battle
HA NOI (VNS) - Visitors to the photo exhibition Dien Bien Phu - 60 Taken by photojournalists from the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), the photos represent the fierce war between Vietnamese soldiers and French invaders. In one image, a group of soldiers tries to pull a cannon over a high slope, while in another, Vietnamese health workers take care of a wounded French soldier. Others depict President Ho, General Vo Nguyen Giap and other army leaders discussing strategy and civilian workers transporting weapons and other necessities to the frontline with rudimentary bicycles. Speaking at the exhibition's launching ceremony yesterday, VNA's General Director Nguyen Duc Loi said: "Among thousands of press photos of the Attending the ceremony, Chairman of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Nguyen Thien Nhan said the display offered him the chance to see many photos for the first time. "For all of us, this is a great chance to review our history as well as to show our gratefulness to the generations who fell to protect our country. These valuable photos are witnesses that will live forever," Nhan said. Veteran photographer Pham Van Hoat said the black-and-white file photos made him recall the tough time when he was a photojournalist during the American War. "I was just a child when the historical For 10th-grade student Duong Bich Huyen, the exhibition helped her gain insight into the "History is my favourite subject at school. The day before visiting this photo display, I visited the Alongside the black-and-while file photos, the exhibition displays 60 colour photos taken in recent years by VNA photographers, which depict the region's recent socio-cultural and economic achievements. Organised by the VNA, the Dien Bien Phu - The 60-Year-Old Epic exhibition celebrates the 60th anniversary of the The exhibition will be open in the lobby of the VNA headquarters, |
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