Remnants at Khe Sanh

Demilitarised Zone (DMZ)

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May 20th 2006
Today was the day for a history lesson, the day started very slowly at 5.30am so we could meet our 6am bus and begin our 12 hour tour of the DMZ. The DMZ was a designated military-free zone 5km either side of the Ben Hai river (an unofficial border between North and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War) Today there is nothing here to distinguish this point apart from a few bomb craters, memoria ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » North Central Coast » Thua Thien - Huế » Hué

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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