Designer of the Dien Bien Phu Victory Monument
Designer of the Dien Bien Phu Victory Monument "Dien Bien Phu Victory" Monument, the biggest bronze sculpture in Vietnam, was recently installed on D1 Hill in Dien Bien Phu City, on the 50th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory, as a symbol of the Vietnamese nation's great victory. Sculptor Nguyen Hai is the designer of this work. Born in 1933 in Tien Giang Province, Southern Vietnam, at 14 Nguyen Hai joined the resistance war against the French colonialists. In 1949, he was moved to Battalion 307 to both fight and paint for its bulletin. In 1954, he went to the North and took a secondary course in fine arts. Later he attended and graduated from the Vietnam Fine Arts University, at the sculpture faculty (1958-1963). Hai made the "Dien Bien Phu Victory" sculpture in his final year at the university, which was then bought by, and displayed at, the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum. Since 1975, Hai has lived in Ho Chi Minh City. Nguyen Hai is truly an artis...
