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The district lies in the southeastern part of Điện Biên Province, to the immediate southeast of Điện Biên Phủ City, south of Tuần Giáo district, east of Điện Biên district, north/northwest of Sốp Cộp district and west of Sông Mã district and Thuận Châu district in Sơn La province.
Điện Biên (chữ Hán: 奠 邊) is a province in the Northwest region of Vietnam.It is bordered by Lai Châu to the northeast, Sơn La to the southeast, Pu'er City, Yunnan, China, to the northwest, and Phongsaly province in Laos to the west.
Dien Bien Phu was a serious defeat for the French and was the decisive battle of the Indochina war. [ 95 ] [ 96 ] [ 97 ] The garrison constituted roughly one-tenth of the total French Union manpower in Indochina, [ 98 ] and the defeat seriously weakened the position and prestige of the French; it produced psychological repercussions both in the ...
Điện Biên Phủ lies in Mường Thanh Valley, a 20 km (12 mi) long and 6 km (3.7 mi) wide basin sometimes described as "heart-shaped." It is on the western edge of Điện Biên Province, of which it is the capital, and is only about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the border with Laos .
Thanh Điền was born blind on 4 May 1967, [1] and was adopted by a family. After his adoptive parents died, Thanh Điền lived with his adoptive brother in Trung An commune, Cờ Đỏ district, Cần Thơ city. [2] [1] Thanh learned to play the guitar from 9–10 years old. He said it took him about 15 years to be able to be proficient in ...
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Điện Biên (listen ⓘ) is a district of Vietnam's Điện Biên province.As of 2019, it had a population of 93,850 people, covering an area of 1395.99 km², [1] making it the most populous district in the province.
Điện Biên Phủ Airport was established in 1954 as Mường Thanh Airfield. The main purpose of it is to serve the French HQ in Điện Biên Phủ at the time of the First Indochina War . 4 years after the French left Điện Biên Phủ, in 1958, commercial flights to the airport started, operated by the Air Force , but only for a while ...