In less than a month, the whole country will turn to Dien Bien with the grand celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 - May 7, 2024), an event that "resounded throughout the five continents and shook the world," a proud milestone in the nation's history.
On this occasion, Mr. Le Tien Dung, Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of Dien Bien Provincial Party Committee, had a conversation with a reporter of VietnamPlus Electronic Newspaper regarding the organization of upcoming important events.
Focus all efforts on 20 anniversary activities
- Could you tell us about the preparations for the 70th Anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory up to this point?
Mr. Le Tien Dung: The 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory is a major event for the country and also a great joy for the people of all ethnic groups and armed forces in Dien Bien province.
Aware of the importance of this political event, since 2023, Dien Bien province has issued programs, plans, and reports to the Central Government, coordinated with departments, ministries, and branches to develop detailed programs to seek the Central Government's opinions as well as implement commemorative activities.
Up to this point, preparations for 20 important activities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory are on schedule.
On April 11, a national scientific conference with the theme "Dien Bien Phu Victory and the cause of building and defending the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland" will take place at the Dien Bien Provincial Cultural Conference Center.
Based on the theme of the conference, the Institute of Military History (General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army) has developed a theme and a series of articles with a total of 109 speeches and discussions. The content of the discussions analyzes more deeply the historical context, developments and significance of the Dien Bien Phu Victory, thereby continuing to affirm and highlight the great contributions and roles of the forces participating in the campaign, contributing to the Dien Bien Phu victory "famous in five continents, shaking the earth."
On April 17, a large-scale meeting and gratitude event for Dien Bien soldiers will also take place, with 500 delegates expected to be invited. In addition, there will be activities to return to the source, especially the nationwide movement to contribute to building solidarity houses for poor households in Dien Bien.
Some of the upcoming activities include the National Book Promotion Festival, exhibitions introducing the socio-economic-security-defense achievements of Dien Bien province, cycling and running races, art programs, live television broadcasts on the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 5), military parade (May 7) and the 70th Anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7).
- Can you point out some highlights of the above activities?
Mr. Le Tien Dung: This year is the 70th anniversary celebration, so the activities have many special features.
Firstly, there was a large participation of armed forces, police, and army in the activities. The parade alone had 4 participating forces: the artillery force, the Air Force flying the salute, the parade force, and the force standing on the field with more than 12,000 people. The parade program began with 21 series of artillery fire to the background of the National Anthem of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Then there was a performance by 9 helicopters carrying the Party flag and the national flag flying over the stage, a performance by the Parade Block (4 Honor Blocks, 24 blocks of the army, militia, and police) and the parade block (9 blocks of veterans, youth volunteers, frontline workers, workers, farmers, intellectuals, youth, women, and ethnic groups in the Northwest) and finally the art block.
Recently, the forces have trained together in Hanoi. In April 2024, the delegations will train together in Dien Bien to evaluate, gain experience, and prepare for the upcoming celebration.
The second is a large gathering of historical witnesses who participated in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign. We know that at the 70th anniversary, they may still be alive and well, but at the 75th-80th anniversary, it will be very difficult to meet and express gratitude.
Third is the national conference. Although we have held conferences on previous anniversaries such as the 50th and 60th anniversaries of Dien Bien Phu Victory, this conference has special value, affirming the stature of Dien Bien Phu Victory in the cause of national construction and defense.
- Sir, with such a series of big events, what difficulties does Dien Bien province encounter related to preparing facilities?
Mr. Le Tien Dung: With the Opening Ceremony of the National Tourism Year - Dien Bien and the Ban Flower Festival, a large number of tourists have come to Dien Bien since March. In April and May, the number of visitors will continue to increase dramatically.
Based on the actual situation of the locality, we have come up with many plans to ensure the preparation of the forces participating in the events. We mobilized the maximum facilities of military and police units, units with large facilities such as schools in the province.
In addition, for tourists and delegates, if hotel and restaurant conditions cannot meet all requirements, we will arrange accommodation in cultural-tourist villages or at local households in the form of community activities.
Through this, we also hope to receive sympathy and sharing from tourists and delegates when coming to Dien Bien.
Strengthen propaganda work
- Dien Bien province's propaganda work is doing a very good job of mobile propaganda at the grassroots level, conveying the policies of the Party and the State, contributing to building a cultural lifestyle. Could you please share more about the activities of Dien Bien propaganda sector?
Mr. Le Tien Dung: Propaganda activities always play a very important role. When preparing to implement a policy or a solution, propaganda work is always given top priority.
For Dien Bien, an area with many remote communes and isolated terrain that makes travel very difficult, we always identify the mobile propaganda team as playing an important role in conveying the spirit, guidelines and policies of the Party and State to the people.
Over the years, these teams have been strengthened. We pay great attention to oral propaganda solutions. This is a traditional method but still very effective in today's era, suitable for local conditions. In addition, we combine information technology applications, organize online conferences, and use video clips to carry out propaganda. I think that propaganda work in the area is very effective.
- Could you tell us how the propaganda work is taking place on this anniversary?
Mr. Le Tien Dung: Towards the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory, communication work has been promoted, it can be said that we have never implemented it so strongly. Right from 2022-2023, communication work in general as well as propaganda work in particular in the province has been proactively and actively advised by the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department to the province on many solutions.
From the propaganda orientation of the Central Propaganda Department, we have many models and methods specifically for Dien Bien to ensure that the propaganda work becomes close, easy to understand and how to convey the spirit and value of the Dien Bien Phu Victory to the people, arouse pride and excitement, thereby striving to compete in labor production and firmly protect the country's sovereignty, and develop Dien Bien province to become increasingly rich and strong.
Thank you very much!
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