Thit Cho

Living in Ha Noi / A Swine Flu holiday

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August 16th 2009
So, I've been living in Ha Noi now for almost 3 months now and I thought I'd fill you in on what my life is like in the Vietnamese capital. I live in a house with other foreigners ('long noses' as the locals call us) which I found on the internet. The house is owned by a very nice Vietnamese woman called Nancy who looks after me, helps me fill in forms, cooked for me when I was sick etc etc. Th ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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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