Vietnam

Happy New Year

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January 6th 2008
We cheated slightly and opted for a 1 hour flight to DeNang rather than the 15-30 hour bus ride. We had initially planned to stay in DeNang for a couple of days but after walking around it we found that it is a town under construction with lots of new development but of no real interest to us so we caught a bus to Hoi An. Hoi An is yet another World Heritage Site. It is an old trading village t ... 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