A typical road in Saigon

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April 8th 2007
Apparently there are 6 million mopeds in Saigon, and we hate every single one of them. Its the most congested, and thanks to the constant tooting of horns, the nosiest city we've been too so far. The word chaos doesn't do it justice. Crossing the road is a living nightmare. Nobody stops at lights or zebra crossings so you're confronted with a constant stream of traffic that might be 10 mopeds dee ... read more

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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