Military History

 Dinh Hoa is a valley surrounded by high mountains. In the valleys, there are hills and mountains of various heights. The area housed the seat of the Viet Minh's government during the Franco-Viet Minh War (1947-1954). Visiting Dinh Hoa, you'll travel back in time to learn about a very important period in the modern history of Vietnam.

Him Lam Hills are a group of three hills one next to another located 2-3km to the northeast of Dien Bien Phu City center (or The French Commander Post during the Dien Bien Phu Battle). During the Dien Bien Phu Battle Him Lam (or Beatrice) was the most-fortified and strongest French post in Dien Bien Phu which protected the Hedgehog from the northeast.

The French started attacking Vietnam in 1857 and managed to invade Sai Gon, southern Vietnam in 1858. From 1858 to 1865, the French marched northward and gradually invaded all of Vietnam. Along with its neighbors Laos and Cambodia, Vietnam was put into a French colony called Indochina.

The battle of Khe Sanh which took place from 21 January to 8 April 1968 commanded wide attention from the world media. For 77 days, Khe Sanh was under constant ground and artillery attacks by the People's Army of Vietnam.

Xeo Quyt Combat Base is located in the communes of My Long and My Hiep, Cao Lanh District, Dong Thap Province. Xeo Quyt was the combat base of the Viet Cong in the province of Kien Phong (Dong Thap Province nowadays) during the period from 1960 to 1975.

The First Indochina War was pivotal in the history of the Vietnamese Army, in shaping up a completely different chapter in the history of French Indochina, in influencing different revolutionary movements in the world and in showing a new balance of power among super powers in the world back in the time and nowadays...

Our one day tour from Hue to Ashau Valley engages you in the infamous battle of Hamburger Hill in 1969.

Travel back in time for one day to the former battlefields at Vietnam's former DMZ once marked fierce battles during the Vietnam War (or American War as known in Vietnam).

The battlefield tour from Hue to the DMZ and Haburger Hill visit the combat sites and recall the Hill Battles around Khe Sanh, the Battle of Khe Sanh and Battle of Hamburger Hill which took place from 1967-1969. The tour is for war veterans, historians and travelers with special interest in history.

Dak To – Tan Canh, over 45km northwest of Kon Tum City, is a valley with rolling hills and mountain ranges running westward all the way to the border with Laos and Cambodia.

The half a day trip brings you on a road that the best elite French troops Groupement Mobile 100 met its fate loosing about 1,000 men in ambushes by Viet Minh 1954. On the tour, we will also visit the site of Camp Radcliff of the US Army in Vietnam.

Our half a day tour from Pleiku to Pleime Hill for observing the Ia Drang Valley and recall the bloody battle in 1965, the first encounter between the US Army and the People's Army of Vietnam.

Paradissa’s guide to battlefields in Vietnam are dedicated providing information on the former battlefields in Vietnam which could be of interest to those who love to learn about the Vietnamese history.

Dien Bien Phu Tour is a military historical tour to the famed Dien Bien Phu Battle which helped to change the course of the world history and of the Vietnamese history. The tour length is for 3 days, 2 nights.

The First Indochina War or Franco - Viet Minh War was a military encounter between France and the Viet Minh from 19-December-1946 to 21-July-1954. 

Our military historical tour starts in Hanoi visiting sites of the very first major battles of the First Indochina War. Hanoi was also where the Viet Minh's troops returned after the Geneva Accord marking the end of this war, and the end of nearly a century of French's rule of Vietnam and Indochina.

Gulf of Tonkin is the sea area between Vietnam and China. Hai Phong Port in the Gulf of Tonkin was the biggest port in North Vietnam at the time. Via Hai Phong, North Vietnam received aids from outside during the war. Historically a lot of conflicts in Vietnam started in Hai Phong thanks to its strategic location.

The Indochina Wars (the First and the Second?) have left several of us perplexed with the unanswered question: Why Vietnam? Paradissa’s historical tour and battlefield tour brings you back in time to visit the simmering cauldron named Vietnam in 1945 and visit the grounds the ensuing battles in 1946-1950. The tour length is 7 days/6 nights.

Embark on our one-day historical tour to journey back in time and visit the site of the capital of Vietnam during the resistance war against the French (1947-1954).

History of the First Indochina War is an adventure historical tour bringing you through the former battlefields of the war. The length of the trip is 14 days, 13 nights.