First college in Vietnam

I believe the tour guide said this college was originally opened sometime around 1000 CE for the king's sons, then it expanded to the public. Eventually, 800 years later, it closed.

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Tuesday in Hanoi

July 15th 2008
Day three (?): We left EARLY this morning and drove into Saigon. Since we actually arrived ahead of schedule, we stopped and had pho for breakfast, along with more ca phe sau da. We still arrived at the airport way too early! Saigon has a beautiful new airport that was built last year, but that was for international flights. Since we were flying domestically we used the old airport. They d ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northeast

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

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