Dien Bien Phu Historical Victory Museum – a place honoring the historical value of the famous victory over 5 continents, shaking the world is one of the extremely meaningful destinations in these sacred July days.

Dien Bien Historical Victory Museum – a place honoring the historical value of the illustrious victory over 5 continents, shaking the world  (Photo source: VOV)

Dien Bien Phu Historical Victory Museum is located at Highway  279, Street 3, Muong Thanh Ward, Dien Bien Phu City, Dien Bien Province. Started construction in October 2012 on an area of ​​22,000m2 and officially opened to welcome guests on May 5, 2014 after 19 months of construction, Dien Bien Phu Historical Victory Museum is a large-scale project, The most majestic and modern in Dien Bien province today. This work has extremely important significance in terms of history, culture as well as architecture and content on display, ensuring the quality and technical requirements, worthy of the victory “Splendid in five continents, Earthquake”.

The museum is designed in the shape of a truncated cone, the surrounding decoration is shaped like a filling symbolizing the camouflage net of a soldier’s hat, including a basement and a floating floor. In particular, the basement is the place to welcome visitors, space for learning, interaction and entertainment services. The floating floor is a permanent exhibition space on the Dien Bien Phu historical victory, a panorama space and a working section.

The exhibition is arranged on the museum’s surface floor with a display area of ​​1,250m2 with nearly 1000 documents, artifacts (many materials), images, and maps. scientific and fine arts organization with the support of advanced engineering and technology. This exhibition is arranged in chronological order, interwoven with the display according to the collection of artifacts, which has really met the general structure and content requirements of the Dien Bien Phu victory. The tour itinerary includes a common space with 5 themes: Outline of the resistance war against the French colonialists; Dien Bien Phu Campaign (French Colonial Conspiracy, Our Policy, Evolution of Dien Bien Phu Campaign); Impact of Dien Bien Phu victory on domestic and world; The help of the people of the world in the Dien Bien Phu and Honor campaign.

With many important items with models, statues and nearly 1000 related documents, artifacts, photos, … have vividly and clearly summarized the resistance war against the French colonialists of our army and people in It was mainly 56 days and nights “Cutting the mountain, sleeping in the cellar, pouring rain, squeezed rice” of the historic Dien Bien Phu campaign.

The exhibits are placed in a glass cabinet, with a red velvet-covered pedestal with a lighting system that meets the requirements to highlight the artifacts. Under each artifact, there are full captions with information about the artifact in a concise and concise manner, highlighting the intention of displaying artifacts in that context, that space, so that viewers can see that each artifact is An artifact or a group of artifacts is a story, a historical period. With artifacts associated with individual feats are solemnly placed in easy-to-see, easy-to-observe and introduce and propagate positions to visitors such as: Mr. Ma Van Thang’s bicycle, a wheelbarrow the suit of Mr. Trinh Dinh Dam, the silk shirt of Comrade Nguyen Phu Xuyen Khuong, or the radio of Comrade Chu Van Mui.

At each exhibition space, in addition to documents, artifacts are spatial perspective with fake models of people, objects, objects and trees. There are outstanding spaces such as: the perspective of pulling artillery into the battlefield, transporting food, breaking rocks to pave the way at the part of our Party’s policy in the Dien Bien Phu campaign. This is really an important and vivid display of content, showing the thorough preparation for the campaign, an important factor contributing to the victory, and also one of the miracles of our army and people. in this battle. Another space that is equally outstanding is the display on military medical work with models of doctors and nurses taking care of wounded soldiers in shelters on both our side and France, showing the painful reality. of war, the fierceness of guns, artillery and landmines. More profoundly, that efforts,

In addition to the artifacts and documents, the Museum has used a very diverse block of documentary images in display. In addition to the original documentary photos reproduced, there are also many documentary photos exploited from archives, domestic and foreign photographers. This is really a rich source of material to help viewers have a more complete view of the Dien Bien Phu campaign not only from the eyes of Vietnamese people but also from the perspective of the press and Western people before, during and after the Dien Bien Phu victory. The museum also has a gallery of portraits of soldiers with outstanding achievements in the Dien Bien Phu campaign being conferred the title of heroes of the people’s armed forces. This is how to appreciate,

Ethnic people carry food to feed the soldiers

In particular, at the Gallery, a number of cannons were displayed that were previously only displayed outdoors, such as Son cannon, Anti-aircraft gun, 105mm cannon, H6 cannon. The 105mm cannon and the H6 cannon were the first heavy weapons to be used, which brought unexpected effects and caused serious damage to the French. Although it was also the first time we used these two cannons, the 105mm cannon hit the pre-emptive blow perfectly, helping to open the door for the infantry to advance to fight the strongholds and the H6 dealt fatal blows to the French, hastened the collapse of the Dien Bien Phu Fort Group.

Along with that, the entire interior of the 2nd floor of the museum is designed with a panorama painting, recreating the entire Dien Bien Phu campaign with paintings painted continuously on the wall in the same space) and the exhibition. Outdoor displays around the museum’s campus have formed a logical, scientific and reasonable display and tour system, ensuring working conditions, organizing events, exploiting and serving visitors. , well serve the research and study work of individuals and organizations.

With many important items in the form of models, statues and nearly 1,000 documents, artifacts, images, etc., it vividly and sharply summarized the resistance war against the French colonialists of our army and people in 56 days and nights. mountains, sleeping in a cellar, heavy rain, squeezed rice” of the Dien Bien Phu campaign. The grandeur in design and unique display methods bring viewers back to witness the long resistance war of the Vietnamese nation during the years of resistance against the French.

And in these sacred July days, when the entire Party, people and army remember, honor and appreciate the great merits of heroes and martyrs, wounded and sick soldiers – those who have fallen. down, have sacrificed the youth of his life or left a part of his blood and bones in the battlefield for the independence and freedom of the nation, for the happiness of the people – Dien Bien Phu Historical Victory Museum It is a very meaningful destination for every visitor when coming to the heroic land of Dien Bien. Through documents and artifacts at the Museum, a message from his father’s generations has been conveyed to the next generation: With unparalleled courage and wisdom, with military strategy. the work has been raised to the level of art, molded by passionate patriotism, justice and the history of thousands of years of national defense; by the heroic sacrifices of many heroes, martyrs, soldiers, the blood and blood contributions of the compatriots; With the close cooperation of the brother nations, the support of progressive public opinion in the world… our Vietnamese people made the famous Dien Bien Phu victory in five continents, shaking the world.