A momentous wedding anniversary

March 28, 2024 - 11:24

On her 94th birthday, a woman who served at Điện Biên Phủ fulfilled her wish to visit the place where her wedding took place 70 years ago. Retired doctor Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Toản married Lieutenant General Cao Văn Khánh, former Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Việt Nam People's Army right after the Điện Biên Phủ victory, tying the knot in the Christian de Castries tunnel in 1954.

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