Vientiane, May 6 -- The Dien Bien Phu Victory serves as a foundation for Vietnam to achieve great accomplishments, helping expand the country's diplomatic sector and improve its position, role, and influence in the regional and international arena, said Khamphanh Pheuyavong, Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for Propaganda and Training.

In a recent interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the triumph which shattered the colonial system of imperialism, the official, who is also Chairman of the LPRP Central Committee's Theory Council, said the victory contributed to breaking the colonialist ambition of France, forcing it to sign the ...