Dien Bien TV – Dien Bien Phu campaign headquarters is hidden in the old forest at the foot of Pu Don mountain in Muong Phang commune, Dien Bien district, nearly 40 km from Dien Bien Phu city. This is the place where General Vo Nguyen Giap often worked and rested during the Dien Bien Phu campaign that made a “splendid victory in five continents, shaking the world”.
Muong Phang historical relic site seen from above. KT photo
The Dien Bien Phu campaign command area was stationed on Muong Phang land for 105 days from January 31, 1954 to May 15, 1954. With the arrangement of tunnels and camps into a continuous system, hidden in the old forest at the foot of Pu Don mountain, the important headquarters of the Dien Bien Phu campaign is absolutely safe…
From this headquarters, going higher, standing on the highest point, you can observe the entire Dien Bien Phu city, Muong Thanh valley and former French strongholds such as Him Lam hill, Doc Lap hill. , hill D1, hill C1, hill A1…
The workplace of the Head of Information Campaign Hoang Dao Thuy
Telephone exchange tunnel
The telephone switchboard tunnel helps the Operation Command to communicate with the infantry, engineer, artillery, anti-aircraft artillery units in front and the warehouse units, stations of the General Department of Supply, the military medical system, civilians at the rear of the front line. This is a direct communication network between the Campaign Command and the Politburo of the Party Central Committee, Uncle Ho..
Dien Bien Phu Campaign Command Headquarters
The war house, the daily briefing place of the Dien Bien Phu Campaign Command.
From the tunnel through the mountain, from General Vo Nguyen Giap’s shack to Major General Hoang Van Thai’s shack, to other points such as the working place of the Chinese military advisers, the working shack of the Head of Information Department. Hoang Dao Thuy campaign… all remains as intact the imprint of history…
The Telegraph’s Shack
General Vo Nguyen Giap’s living and working shack
Next to the General’s place of work and rest is a shelter dug through the mountain bed. During times of intense French bombing, the General worked and rested in this bunker.
The back door of the General’s living and working shack continued with the entrance to the tunnel through the mountain.
From General Vo Nguyen Giap’s shack to Chief of Staff Hoang Van Thai and military advisor Vi Quoc Thanh’s shack is a tunnel 69m long. The tunnel is 1.70m high, 1 to 3m wide, in the middle of the tunnel there is a meeting room with an area of 18m2 and 5 locations for communication machines.
Inside the mountain tunnel next to General Vo Nguyen Giap’s shack. This is also an emergency shelter.
The large bamboo table in the War House was where General Vo Nguyen Giap had a briefing with the Dien Bien Phu Campaign Command.
The desk is also the place where General Vo Nguyen Giap receives commanders and soldiers.
Cluster of Monuments of Muong Phang Victory
Located 300m northeast of the Operation Headquarters, is the place where our army and people solemnly held a military parade to celebrate the victory on May 13, 1954. In the project of embellishing the Monuments of Dien Bien Phu Campaign Command Headquarters, the Dien Bien Phu Relic Project Management Board implemented General Vo Nguyen Giap’s idea of planning a campus on the old military parade ground and placing a cluster of monuments on the 55th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory.
Along with the Dien Bien Phu Campaign Command relic, the Victory Monument cluster at Muong Phang Park is also a stop not to be missed when coming to the Dien Bien Phu campaign headquarters relic. Locals are used to calling this place a familiar name “Congratulations Monument”.
