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Background: The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forces under Ho Chi Minh, who took control of the North. US economic and military aid to South Vietnam grew through the 1960s in an attempt to bolster the government, but US armed forces were withdrawn following a cease-fire agreement in 1973. Two years later, North Vietnamese forces overran the South. Despite the return of peace, for over two decades the country experienced little economic growth because of conservative leadership policies. Since 2001, Vietnamese authorities have committed to economic liberalization and enacted structural reforms needed to modernize the economy and to produce more competitive, export-driven industries. The country continues to experience protests from the Montagnard ethnic minority population of the Central Highlands over loss of land to Vietnamese settlers and religious persecution.

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By Eric and Zoe
November 6th 2008

Mekong and exit Vietnam

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Ohhhh if you watch the video see the joy on the faces of the boat passengers. They have just spotted a bigger boat and shelter. This little rowing trip was going to be one of the highlights of our trip into the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.... and in some ways it was - we were soaked, nearly sank and our boatmen nearly killed themselves laughing. We were slightly less endeared to the idea of falling out of the boat and wallowing with the mud fish (weird leggy fish that live in the mud) but when you are sinking you have to [View Full Entry]

Contemplating life from a floating house

By Stanislas
October 22nd 2008

Chau Doc - Vietnam

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Fillet

Chau Doc 100'000 habitants sur les rives de la Bassac juste après la frontière du Cambodge. Nous avons passer la frontière en bateau, enfin un bateau jusqu'à la frontière on suit un gars qui part avec nos passeports et qui revient vingt minutes plus tard pour nous faire embarquer sur un autre bateau, celui-ci avec un drapeau rouge et une étoile jaune. Ca y est on est au Vietnam. Depuis le Cambodge, le bus pour se rendre au Vietnam est vraiment bon marché comparé au bateau mais l'expérience est bien plus riche et intéressante en bateau et nous sommes vraiment contents [View Full Entry]

By mightymouse
September 28th 2008

Saigon and Chau Doc via Ben Tre - it was a good plan in theory!

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Well David carried out his promise and had Anteater and I tasted some too. To be honest it was quite nice although I'm glad I stuck to then non exoctic sweet and sour pork. By the way he lived to tell the tale better than the Llama in Bolivia! I have a bit of a dicky keyboard so apologise in advance for the errors! So we departed for Saigon on a seven hour bus trip which took ten! This had something to do with the fact we were on an old and rickety bus that part the way through the trip [View Full Entry]

By Caz1972
September 28th 2008

Mekong River Delta

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Tree in the flooded water

Hey there! Our next leg of our SE Asia journey was Vietnam, after talking to a few other travellers we decided to cross the border by boat along the Mekong River as the trip is stunning and a very relaxed way to enter the country, we travelled back to Phnom Penh and booked our ticket to leave the next morning. The first hour and half was by air con bus to the ferry port where we caught he boat, the boat was long and made of wood and the only passengers were myself, Craig and two girls from Chilli, Anna and [View Full Entry]

By Lozza83
September 18th 2008

Vietnam

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Looking hot!! he he

Safely in Vietnam having not had to pay any unofficial extra charges to any officials!! We began the process of bargaining for a lift on the moto to the Chau Doc. As usual the price started ridiculusly high and we were followed for several metres by a large group of bikers until they finally agreed a reasonable price. Chau Doc is about 25mins drive from the border crossing and somehow i ended up with a man who was at least 70 driving my bike! He had to get someone else to lift my backpack on to the front between him and [View Full Entry]

By Dexta
August 16th 2008

Mountains, Markets and Muslim Minorities

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View from Sam Mountain

4 hours from Can Tho right next to the Cambodian border is the small market town of Chau Doc. extending from the centre of town is a 4km long road that leads to Sam Mountain, a place of much spiritual importance to the towns people. for on this mountain there are countless temples with more being built (well at least one that i saw), it was also the location of a funeral of a friend of someone i met and no doubt countless others. this mountain was one of the main reasons of my visit here and so i headed for [View Full Entry]

By Syd Lou
July 28th 2008

Motorbiking at Sunset along the Mekong

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Arriving in Vietnam in the late afternoon was a blessing. We had to race to fit something into our day after devoting most of it to border crossing from Cambodia. Our guide skillfully shuffled us along on a riverboat tour and organized a motorbike ride while we were lazily drifting down the river. When time is of the essence, it's kind of nice to be told what to do and where to go. We had less than 24 hours in the Mekong Delta to make time for Saigon up ahead. As soon as I got back to the hotel, a [View Full Entry]

By RoyalRebel
July 25th 2008

I called him 'Monty'

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Me and Monty the Python

Hi All, Well we survived the Mekong river delta. The trip was not as easy going, relaxed and comfortable as advertised and we were glad it was over when it was. We opted for the 2 day, 1 night on a (1 week old floating hotel) and slow boat up the river and across the border to Pnomh Penh, Cambodia, it all looked nice in the brochure. We got up early for our 7am departure and had a 3 hour bus ride to get to the boat. We boarded quite a nice boat and boated on up the river stopping at [View Full Entry]

By 7Continents
July 22nd 2008

The Mekong Delta

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The Family Car

After a long travel day yesterday, we board a motorboat on the Mekong to travel into Cambodia today. Saw frogs and rats (yes, to eat) in the market last night. [View Full Entry]

By Davisnerd
June 20th 2008

Vietnam day 1

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sunrise Angkor Wat

Today we took a 6 hour boat ride on the Mekong to cross into Vietnam. Borders are always a bit interesting and fun to play my personal favorite game "no really who has my passport". To cross the border we had to get off the boat like three times and then go through customs. The boat ride was great and I got a look into life in some of the small fishing villages. I got to get some sun and hang my feet off the boat so I was happy. The ride was pretty smooth and it was nice to just [View Full Entry]

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