Christmas in Saigon.

Saigon at Christmas

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December 29th 2009
Saigon is more prosperous than Hanoi. There are more tourists and nicer buildings (the Americans devastated Hanoi). We went to the shocking war museums showing the lasting devastation done by Agent Orange and such like and to recover we again walked the whole city centre. A half day trip took us to the Cu Chi tunnels where the Vietnamese tunnelled a total of 250 kilometres. At the beginning ... 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