Dien Bien prepares for Visit Vietnam Year - Dien Bien 2024

The Dien Bien Provincial People’s Committee organised a meeting on March 2 with representatives of production and service businesses in the locality to discuss preparations for major events in the Visit Vietnam Year - Dien Bien 2024 and the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 – 2024).

Chairman of the Dien Bien Provincial People’s Committee, Le Thanh Do, said the province will exploit and maximise its potential, vigorously promoting the goal of developing tourism into a key economic sector of the locality, contributing to socio-economic development and improving the livelihoods of residents. He noted they are working hard to build distinctive and impressive tourism products, thus creating momentum for breakthroughs in tourism development.

There will be 169 programmes and events throughout the year, comprising 13 national ones to be held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and other agencies, 28 by host Dien Bien Province, and 128 by 33 other provinces and centrally-run cities. The event hopes to promote the tourism values and potential of Dien Bien Province, the northwestern region and Vietnam as a whole.

According to the Vice Chairman of the Dien Bien Provincial People's Committee, Pham Duc Toan, there are over 130 restaurants capable of serving visitors with more than 6,700 tables and 19 tourist attractions and entertainment spots capable of serving over 80,000 visitors simultaneously.

Dien Bien is home to 205 tourism accommodation facilities, offering nearly 2,800 rooms or about 5,100 beds. Accommodation facilities have been required to cooperate and prioritise delegates attending the events. For transportation services, approximately 100 fixed-route inter-provincial bus trips operate daily, transporting around 3,000 passengers.