Saigon - Reunification Palace

The plaque says: "A UH1 Helicopter model, made in the U.S. - a copy of the one President fo the Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu used on tours of inspection before 1975" (in the foreground is the site where the palace was bombed early in the 1970s)

Cambodia and Vietnam

April 18th 2009
Thanks to Mark G for picking up the tyop in the title. It's nice to know that at least one person is at least reading the titles :-) Phnom Penh seems nicer than I remembered it. Perhaps it has changed a little, for the better, in one year, although I can’t imagine that it would really have changed so much in such a short time. Perhaps I just saw nicer parts of it this time ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

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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