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The Streets Erupt!

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December 10th 2005
Ho Chi Minh was pretty quiet for a few days, until the SEA Games! The Vietnamese Football (soccer) team went the whole way to the finals, which meant that people poured into the streets to celebrate their win in the semi-finals!!! It was CRAZY!!!!!!! I was in district 7 (southern part) and traffic was not too bad until District 1, where sh**t was off the hook!!! Motorbike parades everywhere, lit ... 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