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With its great historical values, the Dien Bien Phu Battlefield National
Historical Site is considered a revolutionary museum of the whole country, an
attractive destination for domestic and foreign tourists when coming to Dien
Bien in particular and the Northwest in general.
The Resolution of the Dien Bien Provincial Party Committee and the Dien Bien
Provincial Planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, determined
that: Dien Bien takes tourism as a spearhead economy for sustainable
development, with a focus on promoting potentials, advantages, preserving and
promoting historical and cultural values of ethnic groups. The most special and
different tourism product of Dien Bien is historical-spiritual tourism. This is
the core advantage for Dien Bien province to promote historical values and
attract tourists.
The Dien Bien Phu Battlefield National Historical Site, associated with the Dien
Bien Phu victory, is one of the 10 especially important national relics ranked
first in the country. Dien Bien province identifies this as an important
resource, a prominent key product for development, creating unique tourism
products about the history and culture of the Northwest region in particular and
the whole country.
Currently, at the Dien Bien Phu Battlefield National Historical Relic Site,
there are 45 component relics that are valuable relics, with a particularly
important role, becoming symbols of the inheritance and promotion of the
glorious historical tradition, thousands of years of building and defending the
country of the Vietnamese people.
This place has great historical value and significance around the world, and is
also one of the unique and valuable resources not only of Dien Bien province but
also of the whole country, which needs to be cared for, preserved, protected,
and promoted for tourism development.
Over the years, Dien Bien province has made efforts to invest, restore and
preserve historical relics with support from the Central Government,
organizations, individuals and people nationwide to develop them into important
destinations in tourists' sightseeing tours.
Up to now, all 46 relic sites have been identified as protected area I; 30/46
relic sites have protected area II; 28/46 relic sites have markers in the field;
23/46 relic sites have complete scientific records; 10/46 relic sites have been
preserved, restored, and built cultural and spiritual works; 6/46 relic sites
have been included in the collection of visiting fees; 1/46 relic sites have
revenue from donations (Martyrs' Temple at Dien Bien Phu Battlefield in Hill F
relic site).
Typical relic sites such as A1 Hill, Dien Bien Phu Base Group Command, D1 Hill -
Dien Bien Phu Victory Monument, Dien Bien Phu Campaign Command in Muong Phang,
Martyrs' Temple at Dien Bien Phu Battlefield on F Hill... are attractive
destinations, attracting a large number of domestic and international tourists.
In addition, the Dien Bien Phu Victory Museum is preserving over 4,000
artifacts, including technical means and combat weapons of the Vietnam People's
Army and the French side. The highlight is the Panorama painting recreating the
Dien Bien Phu Campaign in the past, which is considered by the art world to be
one of the 10 largest paintings in the world on the theme of war, recreating the
entire 56-day and night campaign that "resounded throughout the five continents
and shook the world".
Those historical values have become a great potential for Dien Bien tourism
industry to plan, exploit, and create cultural and historical tourism products
to attract domestic and foreign tourists to experience and learn about a heroic
historical period of the nation.
Along with that, Dien Bien province currently has 22 intangible cultural
heritages included in the list of national intangible cultural heritages by the
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Of which, 2 heritages "Then practice of
Tay, Nung, Thai people in Vietnam" and "Thai Xoe art" are recognized by UNESCO
as representative intangible cultural heritages of humanity.
The listed heritages are an important basis for Dien Bien to promote the
development of experiential tourism models associated with indigenous culture,
encourage creativity in conservation, promote unique cultural values associated
with tourism development, and contribute to creating sustainable livelihoods for
ethnic minorities in Dien Bien.
In order to attract and retain tourists to the Dien Bien Phu Battlefield
National Historical Site, in recent times, Dien Bien province has carried out
zoning, marking, focusing on restoration, embellishment and putting into use,
promoting the values of the relic sites of A1 Hill, Dien Bien Phu Campaign
Command Headquarters, monument at Muong Phang Victory Park; Dien Bien Phu
Victory Monument; renovating and upgrading the Dien Bien Phu Victory Museum,
building the President Ho Chi Minh Memorial House and investing in additional
construction items at the E2 Hill relic site... At the same time, improving and
perfecting the skills of the tourism workforce, especially the tour guides,
while strengthening the introduction, promotion and linking historical tourism
with festivals and many other activities...
Dien Bien shines in the northwest of the country
The component relics of the Dien Bien Phu Battlefield National Historical Relic
Site, after being preserved, restored and put into operation, have promoted
their value, becoming attractive destinations, key tourism resources and
competitive advantages of Dien Bien province, contributing significantly to
attracting and retaining tourists when they come to visit and explore Dien Bien.
In addition, Dien Bien province has actively participated in important fairs,
seminars, and tourism events in localities and tourist centers across the
country; periodically organized the Ban Flower Festival and the Cultural, Sports
and Tourism Festival of Dien Bien ethnic groups; the Cherry Blossom Festival -
Dien Bien Phu; signed a tourism development cooperation program with 8 provinces
in the Northwest region, effectively expanded and implemented memorandums of
understanding between Dien Bien and the provinces of Northern Laos, Northeast
Thailand, and Yunnan province - China; surveyed the tourism product "Tua Chua -
Pristine and mysterious beauty"; organized the Northwest - Dien Bien
Quintessence Festival in 2025...
Along with building and developing tourism products, Dien Bien province also
focuses on propaganda, publishing, and distributing documents, handbooks, and
tourism information such as brochures, leaflets, and tourist maps; producing
videos and clips promoting relics. Regularly organizing activities, events, and
festivals to introduce and promote the Dien Bien Phu Victory, the Dien Bien Phu
Battlefield relic, and promote the cultural heritage values of Dien Bien
province to a large number of people, friends, and domestic and international
tourists...
Identifying historical tourism as the starting point and also the bridge for
Dien Bien to develop other types of tourism, in the period of 2021 - 2025, the
province has invested in developing infrastructure, trade, tourism, services,
hotels, and entertainment. Many key projects such as Dien Bien Airport have been
put into operation, opening up important connections between Dien Bien and major
provinces and cities across the country; the Son La - Dien Bien - Tay Trang
International Border Gate Expressway project, phase 1, has been urgently studied
for investment and construction, contributing to creating momentum for Dien Bien
tourism to take off.
2024 is also the second year Dien Bien has reached the milestone of welcoming
over 1 million visitors, of which international tourists reached 11,500, an
increase of 1.53 times over the same period in 2023. Total revenue from tourism
activities reached 3,300 billion VND, an increase of 1.88 times over the same
period in 2023.
In the first 6 months of 2025 alone, Dien Bien province welcomed 824.9 thousand
tourists, reaching 56.9% of the plan, of which international visitors reached
nearly 7.5 thousand, reaching 2.5% of the plan. Total revenue from tourism
activities reached 1,492.1 billion VND, reaching 62.2% of the plan.
Dien Bien currently has 22 intangible cultural heritages included in the List of
National Intangible Cultural Heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and
Tourism. Of which, 2 heritages "Then practice of the Tay, Nung, Thai people in
Vietnam" and "Thai Xoe art" were recognized by UNESCO as representative
intangible cultural heritages of humanity.
Tourism activities in Dien Bien have created jobs for thousands of local
workers, showing that Dien Bien's tourism development potential is huge and
attractive to domestic and foreign economic sectors.
This is a positive signal, a premise for Dien Bien province to make a
breakthrough in 2025 and the following years to strive to build Dien Bien into a
tourist center of the Northern Midlands and Mountains region.
71 years after the Dien Bien Phu Victory, from a land heavily devastated by war,
Dien Bien today has taken on a completely new appearance, both preserving the
traditional cultural values of 19 ethnic groups and shining brightly in the far
west of the country.
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