Hanoi acclaims Viet Minh troops after French soldiers depart 60 years ago today (Oct 9 1954)


Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 1' (Oct. 9, 1954, at 57:07)

(Saturday, October 9, 1954; during the Cold War) — Thirty thousand Viet Minh soldiers, including many who had fought the French at Dien Bien Phu during the First Indochina War, today marched into Hanoi amid the cheers of a flag-waving populace.