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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 .
Because of Dien Bien Phu's strategic importance, it was chosen as the stage for this attack. The siege of Dien Bien Phu began on March 13, 1954. By this date the Viet Minh had approximately 50,000 regular troops, 55,000 support troops in the area. They also had around 100,000 transport workers in Mường Thanh Valley area bringing in Chinese aid.
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 ...
The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts (Vietnamese: huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and district-level towns (thị xã).
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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.
Tố Hữu, whose real name is Nguyễn Kim Thành, was born 4 October 1920 in Hoi An, Quang Nam province, as the youngest son of the family.At the age of 9, Thành and his father returned home and lived in Phu Lai village, now in Quang Tho commune, Quang Dien district, Huế.
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.