Geneva Agreement 1954 - a historical milestone of epochal significance
TB (according to VNA)•July 21, 2024 07:03
On May 8, 1954, exactly one day after the Dien Bien Phu Victory that "resounded throughout the five continents and shook the world," the Geneva Conference began discussing the issue of restoring peace in Indochina.
On the afternoon of May 7, 1954, the historic Dien Bien Phu Campaign ended in victory, the entire enemy stronghold in Dien Bien Phu was completely destroyed by our army.On May 4, 1954, the Diplomatic Delegation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, led by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, arrived in Geneva (Switzerland) to attend the Geneva Conference on Indochina, after positive developments regarding the victory of the Vietnamese army at the Dien Bien Phu Campaign.From left to right: Korean Foreign Minister Nam Nhat; Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov; Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai and Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, May 4, 1954, at the Geneva Conference (Switzerland) discussing the restoration of peace in Korea and Indochina.At 24:00 on July 20, 1954 (Geneva time), or the morning of July 21, 1954 (Hanoi time), Deputy Minister of Defense Ta Quang Buu, on behalf of the Government and the General Command of the Vietnam People's Army, signed the Vietnam Armistice Agreement. Immediately afterwards, the Laos and Cambodia Armistice Agreements were also signed.Geneva Conference on Indochina in Switzerland (1954)News of the Vietnamese army's Dien Bien Phu victory on the afternoon of May 7, 1954 was transmitted to Geneva and early in the morning of May 8 (Geneva time), the Indochina issue was officially put on the agenda.On July 19, 1954, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong held a press conference at the headquarters of the Vietnamese Delegation to the United Nations (Geneva, Switzerland) to announce the issue of Vietnam's unification.Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong (right) and lawyer Phan Anh, representative of the Vietnamese Delegation to the Geneva Conference on Indochina, discussed and agreed on work at the delegation headquarters in Villa Cadre, before attending the conference sessions.The red flag with yellow star hangs at the headquarters of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Delegation in Geneva (Switzerland), 1954The delegation of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam attending the Geneva Conference on Indochina (1954) took a group photo at the delegation headquarters in Villa Cadre.Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong (right) and Deputy Minister of Defense Ta Quang Buu (left) received delegates of the French Peace Committee at the headquarters of the Vietnamese Delegation at the Geneva Conference, Switzerland (1954).Swiss women's delegation met the Vietnamese delegation at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva (1954), expressing friendship and solidarity in the struggle for peace in Vietnam.Delegation of the French Peace Committee met the Vietnamese Delegation at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva (1954), expressing Vietnam's friendship and spirit of solidarity in the struggle for peace.Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong received the Indonesian Ambassador to France at the headquarters of the Vietnamese Delegation at the Geneva Conference on Indochina (1954).Delegation of Algerian Trade Unions and Journalists met the Vietnamese Delegation at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva (1954), expressing Vietnam's friendship and spirit of solidarity in the struggle for peace.Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, Head of the Delegation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam at the Geneva Conference on Indochina (Switzerland, 1954)Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong (left) and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai at the opening session of the Geneva Conference on Indochina, May 8, 1954.Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov (left) and Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong at the opening session of the Geneva Conference on Indochina, May 8, 1954.The delegation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, led by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, at the opening session of the Geneva Conference on Indochina, on the morning of May 8, 1954, with the posture of a victorious nation.Northern people welcomed cadres, soldiers and people from the South regrouping to the North at Sam Son wharf (Thanh Hoa), according to the provisions of the Geneva Agreement (September 25, 1954).The last French soldiers withdrew across Long Bien Bridge (Hanoi) to Hai Phong, afternoon of October 9, 1954.The delegation of the General Command of the Vietnam People's Army and the French delegation met to discuss the exchange of prisoners of war in Sam Son, witnessed by the International Commission in Vietnam (September 1954).On the morning of October 10, 1954, our troops advanced from the city gates to liberate the capital, ending the 9-year long resistance war against French colonialism.Comrade Pham Hung, Head of the Vietnam People's Army Delegation in the Southern Armistice Committee and Head of the Vietnam People's Army Liaison Delegation to the International Commission in Saigon, informed a number of senior officials of the Central agencies in Hanoi about the implementation of the Geneva Agreement after the Geneva Agreement.The ship Djiring carrying French troops withdrew from Sau Kho wharf (Hai Phong) to the South on May 13, 1955, ending 300 days of Hai Phong being their last temporary military base in the North according to the Geneva Agreement. The North was completely liberated.Immediately after the Geneva Agreement was signed, the US imperialists replaced France, carrying out the intention of imposing the yoke of neo-colonialism in South Vietnam in order to permanently divide our country. The Vietnamese people continued the arduous resistance war against the US, saving the country for more than 20 years to liberate the South, unifying the country with the historic victory in the spring of 1975.TB (according to VNA)
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