Giap was the NVAs top general during the war. Try looking up his
website for his biography. Or take a look at the book, "Victory at
any Cost: The Genius of Vietnam's Gen. V. N. Giap." By Cecil B.
Currey, (2005) Potomac Books Inc, ISBN 978-1574-88742-6.
In fact, he was the North's top general in both wars: French
Indochina (1946-1954) & American Indochina Wars (1955-1975)
(aka 1st & 2nd Indochina Wars or French & American Vietnam
Wars).