Images of the Geneva Agreement signing ceremony 63 years ago

(Baonghean.vn) - On July 20, 1954, the Geneva Agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Indochina was signed. This was a great victory for our country's revolution, forcing the French Government to commit to respecting Vietnam's independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity.

The Geneva Conference opened on April 26, 1954. The original purpose of the conference was to discuss the restoration of peace in Korea and Indochina.

Delegates from countries attending the Geneva Conference (Switzerland).

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong and the delegation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam arrived in Switzerland to attend the Geneva Conference on Indochina, May 4, 1954.

Scene of the opening session of the Geneva Conference.

Delegation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam at the opening session of the Geneva Conference, 1954.

Deputy Minister of Defense Ta Quang Buu presented the situation on the Indochina battlefield to the delegation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in Geneva. The Dien Bien Phu victory on May 7, 1954 defeated France's will to maintain Indochina as a territory of the French Union, greatly affecting the negotiation process at the conference.

Finally, after more than 2 months of struggle at the negotiating table, on July 21, 1954, Major General Delteil, on behalf of the French Union Army Command in Indochina, signed the Agreement to cease hostilities in Indochina.

Deputy Minister of Defense Ta Quang Buu, on behalf of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the General Command of the Vietnam People's Army, signed the Indochina Armistice Agreement, July 1954.

Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Mendès France, visited Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, Head of the Delegation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in Geneva after signing the Geneva Agreement on Indochina, July 21, 1954.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong at the international press conference after the Geneva Conference ended, July 22, 1954.

Delegates from various countries congratulated the victory of the Vietnamese delegation and the democratic peace faction at the Geneva Conference on Indochina.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam delegation received democratic journalists after the Geneva Conference ended, July 1954.

Delegation of the GDR and delegation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam take a souvenir photo in Geneva, 1954.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Van Dong waved to delegates at the airport to see off the delegation of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam attending the Geneva Conference on their way home, July 24, 1954.

Peace was restored, the country was temporarily divided into two regions. The 17th parallel (Quang Tri) became the temporary border dividing the North and South.

Implementing the Geneva Agreement, our Government proceeded to regroup troops with the help of fraternal countries.

Meanwhile, from May 1954, French expeditionary troops also withdrew from Northern Vietnam.

General Vo Nguyen Giap and Colonel Ha Van Lau (military expert of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam delegation at the Geneva Conference) welcomed the military delegation in the International Commission for Supervision and Control of the Armistice in Vietnam (1954).

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