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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. Until the creation of the province in 2004, Điện ...
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu ( Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋʷǐənˀ vān tʰîəwˀ] ⓘ; 5 April 1923 – 29 September 2001) was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who was the president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975. [2] [3] He was a general in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (RVNAF), became head of a military junta in ...
t. e. 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 ). The centrally-controlled municipalities (the other first-level division, in addition to provinces) are subdivided into ...
Coordinates: 21°23′13″N103°0′56″E21.38694°N 103.01556°E. Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Part of the First Indochina War. Viet Minh troops planting their flag over the captured French headquarters at Dien Bien Phu. Date. 13 March – 7 May 1954 (1 month, 3 weeks and 3 days) Location.
A pair of strikes on militant leaders in Beirut and Tehran has escalated tensions in a region already on edge and adds to a long list of targeted killings attributed to Israel. Hamas said Israel ...
A high-fat diet may be linked to increased stress and anxiety, new research shows. Experts explain the findings and association between mental health and diet. Comfort Food May Actually Be Making ...
July 8, 2024 at 11:51 AM. By David Shepardson. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing is in talks with the U.S. Defense Department over how the planemaker's planned guilty plea could affect its extensive ...
Điện Biên ( Vietnamese: [ʔɗiən˧˨ʔ ʔɓiən˧˧] ⓘ) 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 ...