Dien Bien Phu

Vietnam · Dien Bien

Dien Bien Phu is a city in the mountainous far northwest of Vietnam and the capital of Dien Bien Province, set in the broad Muong Thanh valley near the border with Laos. The surrounding valley is a fertile rice-growing area home to Thai and other ethnic minority communities. Visitors come for its museums and preserved hilltop sites from the First Indochina War, as well as the scenery of the northwestern highlands.

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Practical facts

Local time

UTC+7 · 13 h ahead of Costa Rica

Region

Dien Bien

Main language

Vietnamese

On the map

21.43° N, 103.05° E

Near Dien Bien Phu

• Mu Cang Chai · 120 km away
• Lao Chai · 130 km away
• Hau Thao · 131 km away
• Sapa · 132 km away
• Nghia Lo · 149 km away
• Luang Namtha · 179 km away

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