Dien Bien Phu Travel Guide

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Dien Bien Phu Travel Guide

Dien Bien Phu as a place to visit

Vietnam has been a battleground for centuries, but we are most familiar with what the Vietnamese call “The American War”, and there are a number of locations with associations to that war throughout Vietnam which have been preserved and which can be visited by tourists.

Dien Bien Phu Overview

Dien Bien is a mountainous border province in the North-west of Vietnam. It has just been established according to Resolution No.22 of the fourth meeting session of eleventh term National Congress. Dien Bien has total area of 9,554.107 km2, located at the latitude of 20o54’ – 22o33’ North, longtitude of 102o10’ – 103o36’ East. It is adjacent to the new Lai Chau province in the North; Son La province in the East and North-east; Van Nam province of the people's repubic of China in the North-west with the 38.5 km long border; Luong Pha Bang and Phong Xa Ly provinces of the people's democratic republic of Laos in the South-west with the 360 km long border.

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