Phình Giàng
commune of Dien Bien province, Vietnam
Phình Giàng is a commune (xã) and village of the Điện Biên Province, northwestern Vietnam. The commune covers an area of 104.2 square kilometres and has a reported population of 2940.
The Standing Committee of the National Assembly issued Resolution No. 1661/NQ-UBTVQH15 on the reorganization of commune-level administrative units of Điện Biên Province in 2025 (effective from June 16, 2025). Accordingly, the entire natural area and population of Pú Hồng Commune and Phình Giàng Commune are reorganized to form a new administrative unit named Phình Giàng Commune.
The public source identifies “Phình Giàng” as commune of Dien Bien province, Vietnam. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Phình, Giàng and commune.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Phình Giàng”, the useful work is to connect “commune of Dien Bien province, Vietnam” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7189855. Authority coordinates are 21.127, 103.213. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1661 and 2025.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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Three-step research path
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Phình Giàng” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.