VICTORY IMMORTALISED
On May 6th, 1954 an army of North Vietnamese soldiers led by legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap defeated French troops in Dien Bien Phu and marked the beginning of the end of French colonial relu in Indochina.This series of commemorative stamps, published to mark the 50th anniversary of the battle for Dien Bien Phu,is the latest in a series marking that history day. In October 1954 the first set of stamps, called "Victory at Dien Bien Phu" and designed by Bui Trang Chuoc, came into cirulation. Since then, Vietnam has published a new set every 10 years.
The designers of all five sets have tried to encapsulate the glory of vivtory by highlighting such moments as the planting of the North Vietnamese flag on defeated French colonel de castries’buker and soldiers singing morale boosting songs.
by: HERITAGE
Vietnam Airlines Inflight magazine
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