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A Sticky New Year's!

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January 12th 2009
Alright, the first blog entry of 2009! I feel the last few entries have been exponentially increasing in size and maybe growing a little too long-winded and a little less practical for a “toilet time” read, which is, of course, the intended purpose of these ramblings. So, as a resolution of sorts, I will begin the New Year with a shorter story about the arrival of ’09 in Vietnam; maybe by ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

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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