Shooting an AK-47

Cu Chi tunnels

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March 11th 2010
I left Saigon today but would have the bulk of the day before catching my overnight train. I used this time to head to Cu Chi in the outskirts of Saigon. Along the way, my tour group stopped at another Handicapped Handicraft workshop, my third in as many days. I started to wonder just how many of these there are and how they can possibly be producing and selling so much merchandise with such a ... 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