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Southern Vietnam

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April 15th 2007
Jen: We travelled from Cambodia to Vietnam along the Mekong River, which took us two days. We travelled with another kiwi (Brent), a Brit (Sonya) and South African (Chris), all of whom we had met in Siem Reap. The boat took us along the river and down canals through to Chau Doc (the Vietnam border). Along the way there were many locals bathing in the river and they were all waving and saying hell ... 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