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Lai Chau
Lai Chau is a town on the Black River in the mountains of north-western Vietnam, long the seat of the Tai chiefly family of Deo. Under French rule it was the base of Deo Van Long and capital of the Tai Federation from 1948 to 1954. The old town was renamed Muong Lay in 2005, and much of it was later flooded by the Son La dam.
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