Location of the Tay Bac (Northwest) region in Vietnam

Tây Bắc (literally "Northwest") is one of the regions of Vietnam, located in the mountainous northwestern part of the country. |||} Vietnam is divided into 58 Provinces (known in Vietnamese as tỉnh) Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially It consists of four provinces: Điện Biên, Lai Châu, Sơn La, and Hòa Bình. Điện Biên Province (in Vietnamese, Tỉnh Điện Biên; Hán Tự: 奠[[wikt 邊|邊]] is a province in northwestern Lai Chau ( Vietnamese: Lai Châu; IPA: /laɪ tɕʌʊ/ is a province in northwestern Vietnam. Sơn La Province ( Hán tự: 山[[wikt 羅|羅]] is a province in northwestern Vietnam. Hòa Bình is a mountainous province of Vietnam, located in the nation's northwestern region