Battle of Vĩnh Yên

Battle of Vĩnh Yên
	Part of the First Indochina War
Date	January 13–17, 1951
Location	Vĩnh Yên, Vĩnh Phúc, Vietnam
Result	French Union victory
Belligerents
French Union	Việt Minh
Commanders and leaders
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny	Võ Nguyên Giáp; Hoàng Văn Thái ; Vương Thừa Vũ
Strength
9,000 French Union troops	22,000 Viet Minh troops
Casualties and losses
43 killed; 545 missing/captured; 160 wounded	Viet Minh figures: 815 killed or missing; 2,048 wounded; Western estimate: 6,000-9,000 killed; 8,000 wounded; 500-600 captured

The Battle of Vĩnh Yên (Vietnamese: Trận Vĩnh Yên) which occurred from 13 to 17 January 1951, was a major engagement in the First Indochina War between the French Union and the Việt Minh. The French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflicted a decisive defeat on the Việt Minh forces, which were commanded by Võ Nguyên Giáp. The victory marked a turn in the tide of the war, which was previously characterized by a number of Việt Minh victories.

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