Chinese Temple

Ba ba ba in Vietnam

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October 28th 2008
We started Sunday at the Presidential Palace in Ho Chi Minh City.(Saigon) There is a lot of beautiful French architecture in the city as the French occupied the country for 100 years until 1954. In the Palace, there was a war memorabilia room. The picture attached is with President LBJ and Sec. of State Deanrusk meeting to discuss strengthening troops in Feb. of 1966. Underground was a concret ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast

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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