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Điện Biên Phủ (Vietnamese: [ɗîənˀ ɓīən fû] ⓘ is a city in the northwestern region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Điện Biên Province. The city is best known for the decisive Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, which occurred during the First Indochina War of independence against France. The region is a center of ethnic Thai culture.
UTC+7 (Indochina Time) Điện Biên Đông is a rural district of Điện Biên province in the Northwest region of Vietnam. The district is predominantly mountainous, and was established in 1995. [1] As of 2003, the district had a population of 48,990. [2] It covers an area of 1,206 km 2. The capital lies at Mường Luân, although the only ...
Dong Hoi Airport: Quảng Bình: Đồng Hới: VDH VVDH 487,746 [15] Unknown Unknown 700,000 17 Dien Bien Airport: Dien Bien: Dien Bien Phu: DIN VVDB Unknown Unknown Unknown 18 Tuy Hoa Airport: Phú Yên: Tuy Hòa: TBB VVTH 361,181 [16] Unknown Unknown 19 Chu Lai International Airport: Quảng Nam: Tam Ky: VCL VVCA Unknown Un ...
Battle of Dien Bien Phu. The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ was a climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War that took place between 13 March and 7 May 1954. It was fought between the French Union 's colonial Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist revolutionaries.
Điện Biên Đông. / 21.29667°N 103.22139°E / 21.29667; 103.22139. Điện Biên Đông is a commune-level town ( thị trấn) and capital of Điện Biên Đông District of Điện Biên Province, northwestern Vietnam. [1]
v. t. e. Ngô Đình Diệm (/ djɛm / dyem, [2] / ˈjiːəm / YEE-əm or / ziːm / zeem; Vietnamese: [ŋō ɗìn jîəmˀ] ⓘ; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician who was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955) and later the first president of South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) from ...
First Indochina War; Part of the Indochina Wars, the Cold War, and the decolonization of Asia: Clockwise from the top: After the fall of Dien Bien Phu, supporting Laotian troops fall back across the Mekong River into Laos; French Marine commandos wade ashore off the Annam coast in July 1950; M24 Chaffee American light tank used by the French in Vietnam; Geneva Conference on 21 July 1954; A ...
www.dienbien.gov.vn. Điện Biên 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. The province covers an area of about 9,540 km 2 (3,683 sq mi) [1] and as of 2022 it had a population ...