John goes to Vietnam

Good afternoon, Vietnam

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January 29th 2010
Yesterday we left China and hit Vietnam with a bang.. or at least our bus hit a Vietnamese dog with a bang about 20 minutes after crossing the border. The Vietnamese border crossing that we took is a study in controlled chaos like I have never seen before. It involved about 100 people pushing as hard as they could to throw their passports into a small window, and then milling around until their na ... 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