Proper noun
Dien Bien
A province of Northern Vietnam, North Vietnam, Vietnam
A 72-year-old man in the northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien was reported dead on September 27. He had succumbed to A/H1N1 influenza, becoming the flu’s second fatality in the province this year. Source: Internet
During three months operating over Dien Bien Phu and Viêt-Nam, the Corsairs flew 959 combat sorties totaling 1,335 flight hours. Source: Internet
Prior to the Suez Crisis, there had already been strains in the Franco-American relationship triggered by what Paris considered U.S. betrayal of the French war effort in Indochina at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. Source: Internet
Shortly after the war the 187th ARCT was considered for use in an Airborne drop to relieve the surrounded French garrison at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam but the United States, at that time, decided not to send its troops into the combat zone. Source: Internet
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu marked the end of French involvement in Indochina. Source: Internet
However, there is a speciality in Dien Bien whose fame has reached many other parts of the country. Source: Internet