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This trip enables you to enjoy the beautiful scenery and popular hill town of
Dien Bien close to the Laos border. The trip includes a visit to the historic
battlefield of Dien Bien Phu , where the French, after nearly 100 years of
colonization and nine years of war, were defeated in 1954 by the Viet Minh, lead
by Ho Chi Minh. Also included are the hill tribe villages of the Tai, Thai and
H'mong peoples.
Today, most visitors who reach this outpost come for the history. But along with
the old army headquarters, a museum and monuments, Dien Bien Phu offers pristine
mountain scenery and fascinating minority cultures.
Day 1: Flight Hanoi to Dien Bien (L, D)
Our guide and driver will come to pick you up at hotel and start a tour to Dien
Bien Phu City - a famous history for the Vietnam war in the past. By taking the
flight from Hanoi to Dien Bien Phu City over 1 hours for enjoy a hill and
mountain landscape during the flight time. On arrival, check in hotel and free
time. In the afternoon, we will start discover around the town, then visit Dien
Bien cemetery and the museum, explore the local market. Dinner and night at
hotel.
Day 2: Dien Bien Phu exploration (B,L,D)
You spend the day around Dien Bien Phu visiting the former battlefields . It was
here that the French planned to lure the Viet Minh, led by Ho Chi Minh, into the
valley by sending 16,000 French troops as bait. The French however did not count
on the brilliant leadership of General Vo Nguyen Giap who somehow managed to
place the Vietnamese artillery on the surrounding ridges. From March until May
1954 the Viet Minh pounded the French positions until the French capitulated
with the loss of 3,000 men. It's estimated that the Viet Minh lost more than
twice that number. Later you visit the head quarter of General Giap during the
Dien Bien Phu campaign. We will have the chance to meet several of the different
ethnic minority tribes here, when we visit the villages of both the Thai and
H'mong people. Overnight in Dien Bien Phu.
Day 3: Dien Bien – Hanoi (B,L)
Today, after the breakfast, we will free at leisure around the city for shopping
at the market. check out and enjoy a flight back Hanoi. Upon arrival, Pick up to
city and transfer to your hotel.
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