Museum of Dien Bien Phu Victory lies opposite the cemetery of Vietnamese martyrs in Hill A1, the center of Dien Bien Phu City.
The museum was built in 1984 in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory.
By
the end of 2003, the museum was upgraded and its exhibition sections
reorganized. To date, the museum has five exhibition sections,
featuring 274 items and 122 pictures, many of which are newly added,
about the 8-year resistance against the French colonialists. The five
sections have the following contents:
- The strategic location of Dien Bien Phu
- The enemy’s scheme at Dien Bien Phu
- The Party’s guideline regarding preparations for the Dien Bien Phu Campaign
- Impacts of Dien Bien Phu domestically and internationally
- Present-day Dien Bien Phu
The
museum opens for tourists inside and outside Vietnam. The outdoor
sections of the museum were finished in service of the Year for Tourism
in Dien Bien – 2004.
