Meaning of routes with foreign names in Dien Bien Phu City

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Dien Bien - Recently, many roads in Dien Bien Phu City have been named after foreign names, so what do these road names mean?

Dien Bien province has named 7 roads and 3 public works in Dien Bien Phu City to honor heroes, martyrs, and contributors to the revolution, for the glorious history of the Vietnamese nation.

In addition to historical and external significance, the naming of works and routes also helps to perfect the urban management system, creating favorable conditions in identifying locations, economic, administrative and social transactions.

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Roman Lazarovic Karmen Road next to 7/5 square. Photo: Quang Dat

Roman Lazarovic Karmen Street has a length of 250m, connecting from Phan Dinh Giot to Vo Nguyen Giap street (next to 7/5 square).

The road name was given to grateful and honored the excellent documentary filmmaker of the Soviet people, Roman Karmen - who recorded invaluable films about the victory of Dien Bien Phu 1954 and the resistance of the Vietnamese people.

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Leningrad Street - Saint Petersburg connected to May 7. Photo: Quang Dat

Leningrad - Saint Petersburg Street has a length of 790m, connecting from Luong The Vinh Street to May 7, the roundabout area.

The route is a gratitude to the Hero Leningrad - Saint Petersburg (Russia), a symbol of the spirit of international solidarity, which has contributed to the movement for peace and support for Vietnam during the resistance war.

Kostas Sarantidis - Nguyen Van Lap street has a length of 221m, connected from Roman Lazarovic Karmen to Vo Nguyen Giap Street (next to Hanoi - Dien Bien Phu Hotel).

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The name of the road to honor heroes, martyrs, and contributors to the revolution. Photo: Quang Dat

Mr. Kostas Sarantidis (Vietnamese name Nguyen Van Lap) had a young, exciting life, devoted to the Vietnamese revolution.

During the anti -French resistance war, he was tasked with doing the enemy work on the battlefield of Quang Nam - Da Nang, he made excellent merits when he sensed 40 Le Duong soldiers to let his gun return to his family.

Henri Martin Street is 175m long, connecting Vo Nguyen Giap street to Muong Thanh A urban residential area (Muong Thanh ward). The name of the Road memorized Henri Martin, the French friend bravely struggled against the wars of invading Vietnam.

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The romantic Raymonde Road. Photo: Quang Dat

Raymonde Dien is a new route named by Dien Bien province, attaching the sea to the name of a female party member of the French Communist Party.

The route has a length of 480m, connecting from the river walkway behind Nam Rom Hotel to Be Van Dan street next to Muong Thanh market.

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Raymonde Dien road is located along the Nam Rom River. Photo: Quang Dat

In order to protest the war in Indochina, on February 23, 1950, at the Tours City Stadium (France), Raymonde Dien was on the train track to block a trains carrying weapons to Indochina.

In 2004, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the victory of Dien Bien Phu, both Raymonde Dien and Mr. Henri Martin returned to Vietnam, and was honored to be awarded the Friendship Medal on September 2, 2004.

Verner Schulze (Vietnamese name Nguyen Duc Viet) is the German military pilot who served the Vietnam People's Army and the first military pilot of our Air Force.

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Verner Schulze - Nguyen Duc Viet is located in the heart of Dien Bien Phu City. Photo: Quang Dat

His name was given to a 480m long route, connecting Vo Nguyen Giap street next to the provincial State Treasury to Dien Bien Provincial Post Office.

In particular, the Bat-Na route has a length of 600m, connecting the 7th road of Him Lam resettlement area (near the guest house in Dien Bien province), named after Batna (Wilaya Batna) of Algeria (Africa), where there are many similarities with Dien Bien.

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The Bat-Na route is located next to the guest house of VND 150 billion in Dien Bien province. Photo: Quang Dat

The victory of Dien Bien Phu strongly encouraged the national liberation movement in Algeria. The Algerian people also have special feelings for President Ho Chi Minh and General Vo Nguyen Giap.

Currently, Dien Bien Phu City has a natural area of ​​nearly 309 km2, 12 administrative units, including more than 24 km2 of urban and more than 284 km2 in suburban communes. The whole city population is over 80,000 people.

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