Mường Pồn
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Mường Pồn is a commune
(xã) and village of the Dien Bien District of Dien Bien Province, northwestern Vietnam
. Less than 4 kilometres from the Lao border, it lies along National Route 12, north by road from Dien Bien Phu. A garrison was located here during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu
, relieved by Pierre Langlais
on 12-13 December 1953. The village was burned to the ground.
Communes of Vietnam
In Vietnam, there are three kinds of third-level administrative subdivisions: the rural commune , the commune-level town ，and the ward . In Vietnam a rural commune is referred to as a xã and urban communes are referred to as Thị trấn, urban townships...
(xã) and village of the Dien Bien District of Dien Bien Province, northwestern Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. Less than 4 kilometres from the Lao border, it lies along National Route 12, north by road from Dien Bien Phu. A garrison was located here during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist revolutionaries. The battle occurred between March and May 1954 and culminated in a comprehensive French defeat that...
, relieved by Pierre Langlais
Pierre Langlais
Pierre Charles Albert Marie Langlais was a French military officer who fought in World War II and Indochina. He is best known as the ad-hoc commander of the French garrison during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.-Early life:...
on 12-13 December 1953. The village was burned to the ground.