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Laos to Vietnam

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January 11th 2010
Hi everyone, Our last blog was from Luang Prabang which used to be the capital of Laos. Since then we’ve flown to Vientiene which is the new capital of Laos, and then we flew to Hanoi which is the new capital of Vietnam (it used to be Ninh Binh, but it was never Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City). I hope we're all clear on that! Vientiene is very much like Luang Prabang in that it has a major French inf ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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