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Caodist Temple 'Holy See'

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Vietnam Part 6: Saigon and the Mekong Delta

August 16th 2008
Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) was the next port of call. Larger and more civilised than Hanoi to the north, it certainly seems that the Vietnamese chose the wrong city to act as their capital city. Having said that, I never felt the same affinity for Saigon as I had for her robbing, dirty, smelly bastard of a sister to the north. Quite possibly because I had dicked about so long in Hanoi that there we ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnamese Flag 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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