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	Dien Bien Phu: A Battle to Remember
		On May 7, 1954, the end of the battle for the jungle fortress of Dien Bien Phu marked the end of French military influence in Asia, just as the sieges of Port Arthur, Corregidor and Singapore had, to a certain extent, broken the spell of Russian, American and British hegemony in Asia.
		Dien Bien Phu was to be the lock on the back door leading into Laos.
		Dien Bien Phu was also to be the test for a new theory of Navarre's.
	webpages.charter.net /wisconsinlegion-7thdistrict/Dien_Bien_Phu.htm (3561 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Dien Bien Phu
		Dien Bien Phu (Điện Biên Phủ) is a small town in northwestern Vietnam in Dien Bien province.
		The following year, the important Battle of Dien Bien Phu was fought between the Việt Minh (led by Vo Nguyen Giap and backed by China), and the United States-backed French Union (led by General Navarre successor to General de Lattre de Tassingny).
		The Western fear of a Communist extension in Southeast Asia, named the Domino Theory by Dwight D. Eisenhower during the Dien Bien Phu siege and the departure of the French from Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam led to the direct American intervention in South Vietnam.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Dien_Bien_Phu (484 words)

	Dien Bien Province gets ready to celebrate triumph
		The Dien Bien Phu Museum displaying the fall of the last French stronghold in Viet Nam re-opened on Tuesday after being closed for three months while it was refurbished.
		HA NOI — Northern mountainous Dien Bien Province is preparing to welcome an expected 40,000 visitors for the historic 50th anniversary of the famous victory against the French on May 7, 1954.
		The city of Dien Bien itself is undergoing a facelift.
	vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn /2004-02/07/Stories/08.htm (502 words)

	Veterans rebuild lives on Dien Bien battlefield
		HA NOI — Many veterans of the 1954 battle for Dien Bien Phu returned to the area soon after the French were defeated to build Dien Bien Phu City on the ruins of the battlefield.
		Mieu’s division camped in Dien Bien until the autumn of 1953, when they began digging trenches from Ta Leng commune high up in the mountains, 3km from Dien Bien, in preparation of the decisive battle for Hill A1, where the commander of the French forces in Muong Thanh field, General de Castries, was stationed.
		A soldier of Division 308, The marched to the battle at Dien Bien Phu through Cao Bang province to attack Him Lam Hill, a French stronghold guarding the entrance to Dien Bien Phu valley.
	vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn /2004-04/14/Stories/14.htm (771 words)

	CNN Cold War - Interviews: Vo Nguyen Giap
		Giap orchestrated the defeat of the French at the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1953 and remained minister of defense of the newly independent Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
		The Dien Bien Phu campaign is a great and first victory of a feudal colonial nation, whose agricultural economy is backward, against the great imperialist capitalist which has a modern industry and a great army.
		We see the Dien Bien Phu victory as the victory [over] the French army and [over] the intervention of the Americans --because in the Dien Bien Phu campaign, 80 percent of the war expenditures were spent by the Americans.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/11/interviews/giap (1868 words)

	Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam - Gregg Butensky
		Lai Chau Province, in the far west, shares borders with China in the north and Laos in the west.
		Dien Bien Phu is situated almost at the border with Laos on an immense gorge 20 km long and 3 km wide.
		It is in Dien Bien Phu that the Vietnamese fought the decisive battle on May 7, 1954 that brought French colonial rule to an end.
	www.madnomad.com /gregg/vietnam_12.html (86 words)

	Dien Bien's young people toil to fight poverty
		Dien Bien's farmers do not use the slash and burn method for their production.
		Residents and tourists to Dien Bien can easily email or chat with their friends or families abroad by using one of the many Internet cafes opening daily.
		At present, the province is breeding an experimental herd of 100 dairy cows.
	www.nhandan.com.vn /english/life/080504/development_dienbienyoung.htm (1061 words)

	Destinations - Dien Bien Phu- Vietnam Open Tour
		The Battle of Dien Bien Phu is a well-known historical event symbolizing the glorious victory of the
		Dien Bien Phu is surrounded by mountains and lies in the Muong Thanh valley, a 20-km-long and 6-km-wide
		Dien Bien Phu valley is fertile due to the Nam
	www.vietnamopentour.com /english_info/dien_bien_phu_infor.htm (275 words)

	Vietnam destination - Dien Bien Phu
		Dien Bien Phu is a comparatively new town established in the middle of the 19th century to help to rid the area of incursions by bandits from Siam, Laos and China.
		Recently, Dien Bien Phu has begun to expand rapidly following its designation as Lai Chau’s provincial capital and the Vietnam government’s policy of encouraging ethnic Vietnamese families to move to the area.
		Nevertheless, despite a boost from tourism stimulated by the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the town is still little visited.
	www.haivenu-vietnam.com /des-dien-bien-phu.htm (401 words)

	Dien Bien travel guide with guesthouse and hotel reviews
		Extremely mountainous, Dien Bien province is one of the newest provinces in Vietnam, as it was previously a part of Lai Chau province further to the north.
		The provincial capital, Dien Bien Phu is best know for the battle of Dien Bien which pretty much marked the end of the beginning of the end for the French involvement in Vietnam.
		Below are some of the main destinations you'll find within Dien Bien province, along with detailed information on guesthouses and hotels, restaurants and bars, activities and much more.
	www.travelfish.org /province/vietnam/northwest_vietnam/dien_bien (309 words)

	- Ban de in (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mr Duoc urged the country to provide essential assistance to the Dien Bien historical area, tourism agencies and the visitors discovering the special cultural characters of 21 indigenous groups living in the area.
		Dien Bien Phu - Season of the White Ban Flower, began at the ceremony and ends April 30.
		General Vo Nguyen Giap, commander-in-chief of the Dien Bien Phu battle, and Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem attended the event.
	vietnamnet.vn /service/printversion.vnn?article_id=418709 (322 words)

	Dien Bien Phu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		) is a small town in northwestern Vietnam in Dien Bien province.
		The battle was significant beyond the valleys of Dien Bien Phu.
		Dien Bien Phu - History of the Battle
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dien_Bien_Phu (379 words)

	ViêtNam - A very special destination \| WomPom.ca \| ...
		In 1953 DEC General Navarre setup a defensive complex at Dien Bien Phu, which would block the route of the Viêt Minh forces trying to return to camps in neighbouring Laos.
		Navarre surmised that in an attempt to reestablish the route to Laos, General Giap would be forced to organise a mass-attack on the French forces at Dien Bien Phu.
		By the time the battle was ready to start, Giap had 70,000 soldiers surrounding Dien Bien Phu, five times the number of French troops enclosed within.
	www.wompom.ca /vietnam/vndienbienphu.htm (486 words)

	Him Lam Hotel in Vietnam, Dien Bien Phu City
		Dien Bien Phu City is alive with colour, as the Vietnamese, Thai and H'Mong residents go about their daily affairs like carrying their wares into city, shopping in the crowded market, and holding xoe dancing parties in their stilt houses.
		Dien Bien Phu is a historic site and the natural scenery is stunning.
		Deep in the highlands of north-west Vietnam, close to the Laos border, Dien Bien Phu is one the remotest spots in Vietnam.
	www.vietnam-hotel.net /him-lam-hotel-dien-bien-phu-city-vietnam (315 words)

	Dien Bien Phu Tour and Travel Information by Asianventure Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Nam Rom River runs across the valley, which is why the Dien Bien Phu valley is so fertile.
		The most famous battle of the Indo-China war was, of course, the siege of Dien Bien Phu.
		Dien Bien Phu cost the Legion 1,500 dead and 4,000 wounded; it cost France Indo-China.
	www.vietnamculturetours.com /vietnam/sight/dienbien.html (1005 words)

	Vietnam
		Officials in Lao Cai Province acknowledged the presence of Protestants, and said that, in keeping with Hanoi's instruction, they were seeking to open a dialogue with the Protestants on ways they could appropriately practice their religion.
		According to sources outside the Government, Mua Say So of Dien Bien District, Dien Bien Province, reportedly was detained in 2003 and sentenced to 42 months' imprisonment after accusing police of involvement in the death of his brother, Protestant believer Mua Bua Senh.
		In Gia Lai Province, the SECV was permitted to open a Bible training school for unrecognized preachers, which will potentially lead to a rapid expansion in the number of new pastors in that province.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51535.htm (11851 words)

	Dien Bien Phu Tour, Dien Bien Phu Travel Guide, Dien Bien Phu Tours, Discount Dien Bien Phu Hotels by Asianventure Tours
		Lai Chau Province is located in northwest Vietnam and shares borders with China, Laos, and Lao Cai and Son La. The centre of this province is now Dien Bien Phu, which is surrounded by mountains and lies in the Muong Thanh valley, a 20-km long and 6-km wide heart-shaped basin.
		The reasons why the French command decided to plant this entrenched camp and airstrip in the bottom of a bowl of hills, far behind enemy lines, are still being argued.
		Nowadays, Dien Bien Phu is a peaceful town, home to many hill tribe groups such as the Thai, the Hmong.
	www.vietnamventure.com /vietnam/sight/dienbienphu.html (892 words)

	Actionaid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Dien Bien is a mountainous province in the northwest of
		The population of Dien Bien is 955,400 people with 21 ethnic groups.
		s supports to Dien Bien province were phased out in 2004 and then a local Non Government Organization, namely TechnoAid was established to take over the facilities and management work in the project areas.
	www.actionaid.org /vietnam/2196_4_3265.html (164 words)

	Battle of Dien Bien Phu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Dien Bien Phu (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Điện Biên Phủ) was the last major battle in the First Indochina War between the military forces of France and Vietnamese revolutionary forces called the Viet Minh.
		Dien Bien Phu was "the first time that a non-European colonial independence movement had evolved through all the stages from guerrilla bands to a conventionally organized and equipped army able to defeat a modern Western occupier in pitched battle."
		At Dien Bien Phu, however, the Viet Minh controlled much of the high ground around the valley and their artillery far exceeded French expectations and outnumbered the French by a ratio of four-to-one.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Dien_Bien_Phu (5496 words)

	Dien Bien Phu Loop : Regions in Brief \| Frommers.com
		Hoping to provoke a classic pitched battle instead of hunting terrorists, the garrison at Dien Bien Phu was surrounded by fire stations, or fortified outposts, in the hills above, supported by heavy air transport and, by 1954, manned by some 16,000 seasoned French Foreign Legion fighters.
		There are a few decent hotels, but mainstream tourism is far from overrunning Dien Bien, a town whose greatest moment in history was, in fact, when it was overrun.
		Just a short, low-lying commercial strip off the main road between Dien Bien Phu and Sapa, Lai Chau is set in the valley of the Dong Da River and is surrounded by large communities of mostly White Thai people.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/dienbienphuloop/3608010043.html (1291 words)

	Hotels in Dien Bien, Dien Bien Phu Hotels & Resorts, Dien Bien Phu Hotels Reservation
		Dien Bien Hotel is situated at the Center of the Town, it is very commodious, fresh and convenient for travel.
		Road 279, Dien Bien Phu City, Dien Bien Province
		The hotel locates in the centre of Dien Bien Phu city on the National Highway 279 that is convenient for transportation.
	www.hotels84.com /dienbien.htm (340 words)

	Vietnam
		In some areas, local officials allow relatively wide latitude to believers; in other provinces in the north, the Northwest Highlands, the Central Highlands, and the central coast, religious members of nonrecognized entities sometimes undergo significant harassment or repression and are subject to the whims and prejudices of local officials in their respective jurisdictions.
		Officials from Ha Giang, Lai Chau, and Dien Bien have specifically told U.S. diplomats that there were no Protestants at all in their respective provinces, despite acknowledgement by central government officials in Hanoi that numerous house churches and Protestant believers are present in the Northwest Highlands.
		Hmong Protestant believer Mua Say So of Dien Bien district, Dien Bien Province, reportedly was detained in April 2003 and accused of involvement in the death of his brother, Protestant believer Mua Bua Senh.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35433.htm (12189 words)

	Vietnam News Agency (VNA)
		The delegation met with Luang Prabang Governor Bounheuang Duangphachanh, Udomsay Governor Bounpone Boutthanavong, and the Governor of Phongsaly province, Khamsan Souvong.
		They also exchanged experiences in each province's construction and socio-economic development and discussed measures to boost the social, economic and cultural cooperation and to strengthen the common defence, security and social order.
		Dien Bien province donated 1.5 billion VND (937,000 USD) to each of the Lao provinces.
	www.vnanet.vn /Home/EN/tabid/119/itemid/151938/Default.aspx (306 words)

	5 February 2004 News Highlights of Vietnam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The bird flu outbreak has spread widely to 55 out of 64 provinces in Vietnam as till the end of February 3, infecting more than nine million poultry in 255 districts and 1,140 communes--40% and 20% of total districts and communes nationwide respectively.
		The central coastal province of Quang Nam on February 3 officially announced it had found domesticated doves in Thang Binh--the first district in the province suffering from the bird flu outbreak--to have died of the bird flu.
		Reportedly, Dien Ban district people's committee in the province hasn't allowed Thai CP Group to cull and bury 90,000 chickens raised by the company citing the reason that there is no place suitable for the disposal in the district.
	www.intellasia.com /news_today/2004/050204.htm (2090 words)

	The VVA Veteran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In their account covering this period of the war, the official historians of the Joint Chiefs of Staff conclude that the forgotten battle, not Hamburger Hill, was the most important thing happening in South Vietnam at that moment.
		The next day LTC Andrew J. Marquis, Special Forces B-detachment leader for Kontum province, who was responsible for much of the Central Highlands, sent in the balance of his 1st Mobile Strike Force battalion to conduct sweeps around Ben Het.
		The ``Dien Bien Phu'' moniker they had given the operation suggested they might.
	www.vva.org /TheVeteran/2003_09/feature_dien_bien_phu.htm (3970 words)

	Vietnam Provinces
		The only change to Vietnamese provinces is a spelling correction, changing "thanh po" to "thanh pho" in the formal name of Ho Chi Minh.
		Note: For the seven divisions which were created or altered in 2003, the population, area, and 1965 provinces are probably a little off.
		According to it, as of 2004-12-31, Vietnam was divided at the secondary level into 25 cities under provinces, 42 urban districts, 536 rural districts, and 59 towns; at the tertiary level into 1,181 precincts, 583 towns under districts, and 9,012 communes.
	www.statoids.com /uvn.html (1428 words)

	VietNamNet Bridge
		The central province of Quang Nam has recently granted the “Vietnamese Heroic Mother” title to 209 mothers, of whom 25 are still alive.
		Dien Bien province has opened a new border-gate at Na Son – Huoi Phuoc.
		This is the second border gate to Laos from the province; the first is Tay Trang.
	english.vietnamnet.vn /social/2004/04/143033 (292 words)

	Hill A1- Dien Bien Phu - Vietnam Attractions and Beauty Spots, Vietnam Green Travel, Vietnam Travel, Explore Vietnam ...
		Hill A1 was the strongest post of all the 49 strongholds in Dien Bien Phu fortified entrenched camp.
		The hill, known in Vietnamese as A1, is one of the biggest attractions in Dien Bien Phu alongside the war cemetery and museum.
		Hill A1 still bears the scars of the war, in the form of the massive crater left when Vietnamese forces hit the French fortification with 1 tonne of TNT and the network of trenches left by the French.
	www.vietnamgreentravel.com /spot-detail.asp?qSTId=107 (385 words)

	Vietnam celebrates victory anniversary - World - www.theage.com.au
		Vietnam celebrated the 50th anniversary of its victory at Dien Bien Phu yesterday with a ceremony re-creating the epic battle that triggered the collapse of French colonial rule.
		The battle of Dien Bien Phu began on March 13, 1954, and 56 days later, on May 7, shell-shocked survivors of the French garrison hoisted the white flag to signal the end to one of the greatest military engagements of the 20th century.
		"Today, we are determined to put an end to attempts by hostile forces to secure peaceful evolution," Dien Bien province party chief Trinh Long Bien told the ceremony, referring to the fears of external interference in the affairs of the one-party state.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/05/07/1083911401505.html (376 words)

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