“Our soldiers usually call General Võ Nguyên Giáp Eldest Brother. Such informal name is in accordance with the spirit and history of our army..."

“Võ Nguyên Giáp is the Commander of all Commanders, the Political Commissar of all the Commissars”, “A Commander-in-Chief who sympathizes with each of his soldiers' wounds, and feels sorry for every blood drop of his soldiers".

“The General always considered the army's feat as the victory of the whole people: . He appreciated the political bases in training the qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers - the quality of "fighting for the people".

"I admit that General Giáp is very experienced in soldiering. It is true that he is wiser and more talented than me, he is even better than General Cogny and General Navarre. I am honored to be General Giáp's opponent, and to be defeated by a man as talented as General Giáp. I admire and respect him”.
(Said General Christian De Castries, Commander-in-chief of the French army at the Điện Biên Phủ front)

"Giáp, that name has been around for twenty-five years, he used to be a loser, even a real loser, but he always learned from defeat, tried to regain the upper hand and eventually became an incomparable general. He, with his reformed mind, spent a quarter of a century directing wars against the French and Americans. I deeply admire him, Mr. Giáp".
(Said General Marcel Bigeard, former Minister of National Defense of France)

“The qualities that make a great military leader are ability to make decisions, mental capacity, concentration and intelligence. General Giáp is the man who has all of them”..
(Said General William Westmoreland, Commander-in-Chief of the US Army in Vietnam, 1964-1968)

“Ranked second after Hồ Chí Minh, Võ Nguyên Giáp was the most important figure in the history of Vietnam during 20th-century. He was a self-taught general, and the key factor in his military commanding talent lay in his infinite perseverance”
(Said Journalist and historian Stanley Karnow)

“General Giáp has given all of his love to the country and to the Communist Party. He has guided himself towards the goal of liberating Vietnam from foreign domination and of reunifying the country. These two goals have interested him through the decades of his life. He has accomplished those goals with all his passion and infinite pride”.
(Said Cecil Currey, American historian)

"From 1944 to 1975, Võ Nguyên Giáp's life was associated with battles and victories, which made him one of the great Commanders-in-chief of all time. With 30 years of being a Commander-in-chief and nearly 50 years as a top-ranking general, he proved himself to be a man of extraordinary talent in all aspects of war.There are not many generals who can be better at combining guerrilla warfare with regular warfare than General Giáp. There has never been such a combination before".
(Said British military historian Peter Mac Donald)