Ho Chin Mien's House

Welcome to North Vietnam

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June 19th 2007
We arrived in Hanoi around 1:00 pm and immediately set out to tour the city. We were wondering if it would be much more restricted and if our guide would be as open as the others had been. We immediately liked him when he meet us and said, “Americans. Great I love Americans!” We took a look at Ho Chin Mien’s burial site and his house. He was a very simple man and lived in a home no bigger t ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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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