City profile · Vietnam · Asia
Dien Bien Phu
GJien Bien Province · Vietnam
City population
84,672
#156
in Vietnam
#1
in GJien Bien Province
#6,823
worldwide
21.386, 103.023 · 295 km from Hanoi
About Dien Bien Phu
Dien Bien Phu is a city in GJien Bien Province, Vietnam with a population of 84,672. It is the 156th largest of the 301 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Vietnam, and the 6,823rd largest worldwide. It lies 295 km from Hanoi.
Key Facts
Country
Region
GJien Bien Province
Rank in region
#1of 2
Elevation
485 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Bangkok
Coordinates
21.386, 103.023
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 301 in VietnamClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.