Ha Giang Province (Or How A Bunch Of Vietnamese Farmers Got Me Drunk On The Job)
June 22nd 2007 My travel mates and I have just returned to Hanoi after a splendid 4 days away in Ha Giang Province, during which we did not see a single westerner with the exception of ourselves. One of the Northernmost provinces in the country, we were as close as 20km from the Chinese border, so security was tight and bureaucracy abounded. On our first day we actaully had to meet with three seperate levels of
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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 
