Vientiane, July 22 -- Laos' national defence magazine (Valasan Pongkanxard) has recently published an editorial describing Vietnam's Dien Bien Phu Campaign as the pinnacle of military strategy and a lasting lesson for the safeguarding of national sovereignty. The article states that the 1954 Dien Bien Phu victory stands as one of the defining military achievements of the 20th century. It not only brought about the collapse of old-style colonialism in Vietnam and across Indochina but also secured a place in world military history as the high point of the Vietnam People's Army's strategic thinking under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Ho Chi Minh. The magazine said the victory was achieved not through superior...