Emblem of Hoi An

Hoi An - Silk city

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May 7th 2007
An old chinese trading port which specialized in textiles, principally silk is now a new vietnamese tourist destination specializing in tailored clothes, principally silk. The second biggest business here is selling suitcases to the tourists who get carried away and order so many clothes that they need extra luggage to ship it home. Some good restaurants and bars in this pretty, but over touristy ... 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