Statue of King Ly Thai To

Vietnam

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January 2nd 2010
Note: instead of posting photos here, you can see my photos at pbase.com/picsels/vietnam 1 January 2010 - Happy New Year!!! After leaving Melbourne at 1.10am, we flew to Kuala Lumpur via Jakarta. At KLIA we caught the driverless aerotrain to the satellite building to visit the Premium Plaza Lounge which I had pre-booked for 5 hours. Our time in the Premium Plaza Lounge at KLIA was instead ... 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