Moscow (VNA), April 17 -- The power of will is one of the most impressive lessons from the Dien Bien Phu Victory, Chairman of the Committee for External Relations of Saint Petersburg Evgeny Grigoriev told Vietnam News Agency in Moscow while talking about the great victory 70 years ago.

Recalling memories of his meeting with General Vo Nguyen Giap - the top commander of the Dien Bien Phu battle - while joining a youth delegation to Vietnam in the 1990s, Grigoriev said that General Giap repeatedly mentioned the power of will.

An army without tanks defeated a modern one with an air force, and this can only be explained by the power of will, said the Russian official, holding that the Dien Bien Phu Victory shows that there is no difficulty ...