Saigon's Traffic

Vietnam

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March 23rd 2007
Route in Vietnam From Cambodia I took a riverboat down the Mekong river to Vietnam and then into Chau Doc, a large river delta town. The Mekong river in Vietnam is a spiderweb of canals form the lifeblood of the region. The delta, I saw, was a densely populated region with farming on the islands and aquaculture and fishing in the canals. While the region did not a ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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 forc... ... read more