The appearance of Dien Bien Phu city where in the past was a fierce battlefield is flourishing.

Dien Bien Phu city - the old battlefield is a locality that marked the changes. In order to build a dynamic, creative and fast-growing city, over the years, the city has focused all its resources on investing and upgrading urban infrastructure to become more and more synchronous and modern, thereby creating a and force in economic development.

In the period of 2016 - 2020, the city's economy will develop higher next year than the previous year, the per capita income in 2020 will reach over 82 million VND/year.

The economic structure has shifted in the right direction, in which, the trade and service sectors have developed strongly in terms of scale and quality. Currently, there are nearly 6,000 businesses, individuals and households doing commercial business in the area. Many supermarkets and trade centers have been expanded, with diverse goods to meet the needs of the people. With the goal of reaching grade II urban area by 2025, Dien Bien Phu City is posing many solutions in the coming time.

In the context of the whole country's drastic fight against the Covid-19 epidemic, the mountainous areas in general and Dien Bien in particular continue to receive the Government's attention to invest and remove difficulties. A series of programs, plans and projects of various sizes have been started, such as: The project of building a memorial temple for heroes and martyrs at hill F; The project of upgrading and expanding Dien Bien Airport has been approved by the Government for investment policy... contributing to creating a new face for the province.

On August 19, Bamboo Airways successfully organized a test flight from Hanoi to Dien Bien. This event marks an important turning point and is expected to contribute to promoting economic development and tourism, becoming an important development engine of the province.

At the same time, the province has also effectively implemented the "dual goal" of drastically preventing and controlling the epidemic, while maintaining and restoring socio-economic development. As a result, not only the epidemic in the area was controlled, but the total GRDP in the first 6 months also increased by over 3% over the same period in 2020, reaching more than 5,600 billion VND; production and business situation in the province is stable.

Up to now, the whole province has nearly 40 communes that meet and basically meet the new rural standards; the rate of poor households decreased by an average of nearly 3.5%/year. The material and spiritual life of the people continued to be improved, creating confidence and excitement for the people.

In the atmosphere of the revolutionary autumn days, the land once associated with war bombs has now put on a new coat of warmth, freedom and happiness. And the value of independence has been, is and will be preserved and promoted by generations of the historical land of Dien Bien, both now and in the future./.

From: Dienbientv.vn