Dien Bien Province (Vietnamese: Tỉnh ĐiệnBiên/Province Dien Bien) is a province in the northwest of Vietnam, connected to Lai Chau and Son La Provinces in the east, Yunnan Province of China in the north and Laos in the west. The capital of the province is Dien Bien Phu City, with two cities and eight towns under its jurisdiction. It covers an area of 9,562.9 square kilometers, with a population of 512,300 in 2012. The main ethnic groups are Vietnamese, Thai, Mang and Yao.
