DIEN BIEN PHU, VietnamDIEN BIEN PHU, Vietnam — Vietnam on Tuesday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu in which the French colonial army was defeated by Vietnamese troops, ...

May 7, 2024, marked the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu, when Vietnamese troops defeated the French colonial army, ending almost a century of French colonial rule. A commemoration ...

A man cycles past the Government Guest House in Hanoi. Crispy banh mi baguettes, grand colonial facades and babbling Francophone schoolchildren are lingering ...

Hoang Bao was barely 20 years old when he trekked to Dien Bien Phu in northern Vietnam to fight the French, facing his enemy full of hatred and ready to die for his country's independence. More than ...

French first lady Brigitte Macron was seen shoving her husband, French President Emmanuel Macron, in the face while the couple was waiting to disembark their plane in Hanoi, Vietnam. Video of the ...

Crispy banh mi baguettes, grand colonial facades, and chattering Francophone schoolchildren are lingering reminders of the French presence that once dominated Vietnam. But there are darker legacies ...

- French connection - French Indochina was officially established in 1887 and eventually encompassed all of modern-day Vietnam, as well as neighbouring Cambodia and Laos. A communist insurgency led by ...