Dien Bien Phu Military Cemetery

Very Well Maintained War Cemetery - one of many around the Town;

As members of the 22-strong Anglo-Thai Society Regional Tour Group, my wife and myself visited the Dien Bien Phu Cemetery which contains over 600 graves of Vietnamese soldiers who died in the decisive...

Worth visiting.

I was struck by both similarities and differences between the military cemeteries I am familiar with in the west. In common is the rigid uniformity and highly structured layout. Different is that ther...

Beautiful Soldiers’ Tribute

Free admission to this cemetery for the Vietnamese in the 1954 battle against the French. The cemetery is well manicured and has the lovely smell of incense that is burning at the gravestones. This is...

Martyrs at Rest

The cemetery is free and right across the street from the museum. What struck me most is how it resembles other war cemeteries around the world. Immaculately kept and the wall of names very humbling t...

Impressively peaceful atmosphere

Here there is a wall listing the names of all the VN fallen. The nearly 1,000 graves are laid out in respectful order, the whole creating an impressive display. Each grave has a headstone but the ma...