Villagers of Muong Nhe District in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien are warmer this winter thanks to thick clothes and blankets local soldiers gave them.

The 11th lunar month is when the Ha Nhi ethnics celebrate their new year, known as Ho Su Cha. It is a time for relaxation, entertainment, reunions, and passing on best wishes. The holiday lasts for five days after harvest.

The “cap sac” (maturity ritual) of the Dao Quan chet ethnic minority people in the northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien’s Tua Chua district has been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage

La Cha Village in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien's Nam Po District is home to a Cong ethnic community, one of the five ethnic minority communities in the province with 79 households and nearly 400 inhabitants.

November is the blooming season of tree marigolds in the mountainous province of Dien Bien.

A flash flood occurred in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien, isolating three local communes and causing big losses for local residents.

Xoe dance is not only the pride of the Thai ethnic people but it is also a unique cultural feature in the repertoires of folk dances of ethnic minority groups in the northern province of Dien Bien and the northwest region in general.

The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security recently announced that it, together with relevant agencies, had busted three major drug trafficking rings.

Three people died on Saturday morning in Tuan Giao Town in the northern province of Dien Bien after a conflict allegedly caused by debts of more than VND1.5 billion (US$64,460).

The People’s Court of Dien Bien on Wednesday rejected letters of appeal and decided to uphold the death sentence for six defendants for kidnapping, raping and murdering a 22-year-old woman.

Two workers died and one remained missing after a bolt of lightning struck a quarry in Dien Bien Province on June 1.

The westernmost point of Vietnam's mainland, Milestone No Zero A Pa Chai is located at the T-junction of Vietnam-Laos-China border in Sin Thau Commune, Muong Nhe District, Dien Bien province.

With the blossoming of colourful Muong Hoang Yen, also known as golden shower trees, marking the beginning of summer, recent days have seen a sea of yellow descend on the streets of the northern province of Dien Bien.

Hail caused damage in several communes in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on March 22.

Localities across the country are proactively implementing measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

At least 34 school children and two teachers at a school in the northern province of Dien Bien have been isolated after being suspected of contracting the Coronavirus from their parents who returned from China for the Tet Holiday.

Six men were sentenced to death for kidnapping, raping and murdering a 22-year-old girl in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on Saturday.

Hundreds of co nhan (a kind of openbill stork with the scientific name Anastomus Oscitans) have been spotted in fields in Dien Bien district, Dien Bien province, over the past week.

In modern society, the traditional culture and particularly the ancient language of the Thai people has been increasingly neglected.