Dien Bien (VNA) – The northwestern province ofDien Bien is striving to greet 5.4 million tourists in 2021-2025.
The tourism industry aims to gross over 8 trillion VND(345.2 million USD) in revenues in the period.
To realise this target, the provincial People’sCommittee has issued a plan to restructure tourism and develop it into aspearhead economic sector.
Dien Bien has long been famous for the glorious Dien Bien Phu victoryin 1954, which played a decisive role in ending Vietnam’s resistance waragainst the French colonialists and led to the signing of the 1954 GenevaAccord in which France agreed to withdraw its forces from the colonies inIndochina.
Tourists to the locality are attracted to various local topdestinations.
Dien Bien Phu Victory Relic Site is a must-see historicallocation. The site covers the whole Dien Bien valley, where battles between theVietnamese army and French army took place in 1954.
Pa Khoang Lake is located in the middle of the spectacular naturallandscape of Muong Phang commune. In winter, fog covers the lake creating afairytale landscape with high mountains hiding in clouds in the distance. Insummer, the atmosphere is cool with wind from the south.
The hot mineral stream Hua Pe in Thanh Luong commune is another attraction fornature lovers. The stream runs from a mountain and flows into Nam Pe and Hua Pestreams.
A Pa Chai, the westernmost point in Vietnam, which borders Chinaand Laos is another magnet for tourists. The point is located in Sin Thaucommune, Muong Nhe district, dubbed as the place that a rooster’s call can beheard by people in three countries./.
