DienBien province holds a particularly important position in terms of national security in the Northwest region and throughout Vietnam. Furthermore, with historical tourist areas, nature tourism and agro-forestry development, DienBien province has a lot of potential to develop services and tourism. However, because the road network in DienBien province has not been fully developed, it cannot promote socioeconomic development in the surrounding area. Many transportation development planning projects in DienBien province have been issued and completed
the development of the road network has yielded some results, but there are still many difficulties and problems. This article discusses the reality of road development in DienBien province from 2016 to 2020. Concurrently, this article demonstrates problems and obstacles in road development and proposes necessary solutions for future road development problems in DienBien province.