(LLCT) - Sixty years ago, on 20 July 1954, a conference in Geneva aimed at putting an end to the war in Indochina concluded. This was an important event in the contemporary Vietnamese history and was the first time Vietnam had participated in a diplomatic activity on an international scale. Commenting on this event, many confirmed the victory of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) while others believed Vietnam agreed to superpowers’ arrangements which were not beneficial to itself and which caused the country to be divided into halves for the following two decades.

Following is a perspective on the event.