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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military aid to South Vietnam grew through the 1960s in an attempt to bolster the government, but US armed forces were withdrawn following a cease-fire agreement in 1973.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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Areas in : Bac Ha (1) | Dien Bien Phu (11) | Lai Chau (9) | Mai Chau (16) | Sapa (413) | Son La (4)

Hiding from Hanoi
2 days ago: Stamp Collecting published a blog
Hiding from Hanoi
November 19th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Sapa
After a lousy night on a 'sleeper' bus to the China/Vietnam border (although they did let us stay on the bus till border opening time) we were pretty much front of the queue to cross the bridge to Lao ... 7 photos [full story]

8 days ago: RedTiger published a blog
Train to Sa Pa
November 6th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Northwest
Great train journey up to Sa Pa, made loads of notes and then had my snall day rucksack lifted from the back of the minibus to the hotel by another passenger/driver and lost all my notes, my camera an ... [full story]

Sa Pa
11 days ago: Dave and Rach published a blog
Sa Pa
August 19th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Sapa
sa pa ... 42 photos [full story]

12 days ago: Johnny Tran published a blog
Sa Pa
November 9th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Sapa
We arrived in Sa pa by bus from Nihn Bin, however this time without a sleeping bus rather a sitting bus, surprisingly we accomplished some serious Z's. As we were leaving Nihn Bin the owner told us we ... [full story]

Sapa - All Good Things Must Come To An End....
October 29th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Sapa
Sitting on a rocking train on a 16 hour train ride to Hoi An, I thought it would be a good time to catch up to catch up on the blogging... We have left Hanoi sadly and are heading towards a typhoon in ... 14 photos [full story]

22 days ago: tomandsim published a blog
about sapa
October 30th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Sapa
hi all we went for a trek to 3 different villages today. that was great fun the people are very nice. they are always trying to sell u stuff though. this is only a small entry so this is it... p ... [full story]

Sapa - All Good Things Come To Those That Wait!
October 27th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Sapa
Soooo I left the last blog with us in our taxi on the way to the train station to catch the overnight train... when we arrived we were ushered through the main gates and given no real direction as to ... 52 photos [full story]

24 days ago: tomandsim published a blog
Sapa
October 28th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Sapa
Hi everyone, time for a decent entry finally. We arrived in Hanoi on Saturday morning, what an amazing place - I love it. We stayed in an area called the old quarter which is just a labyrinth of st ... [full story]

Post #11: Side trip to Sapa!
26 days ago: fancyandjoe published a blog
Post #11: Side trip to Sapa!
July 25th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Sapa
We thought it was about time to catch you up on a few side trips we took when we first hit Hanoi way back in July. Wow- that seems like a life-time ago! Our first excursion out of the city was a 4-da ... 26 photos [full story]

28 days ago: Hanoi06 published a blog
CÂU TRUYỆN TRÊN CAO NGUYÊN
October 24th 2009  Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Dien Bien Phu
Lâu lắm rồi,trên cao nguyên hùng vĩ,tù trưởng Mtao Mxây nổi tiếng giàu có khắp vùng.Hắn cậy mạnh nên cho đám đầy tớ ... [full story]


Northwest Blog Entries

Smoking Apple Sheesha
WTF?! Looks yummy!
People of Bac Ha - fresh pig for dinner!
People of Bac Ha
People of Bac Ha
Loving my cocktails and Ria!
Ria sampling the local coffee..
People of Sapa
Motorbike Ride Back to Sapa
Bac Ha Markets with Ria and McKay
Eating Sugar cane at Bac Ha Markets
Cat Cat Village
Bac Ha Sunday Markets
Sapa Village
Sapa Village
Sapa Village

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