Hue Citadel

Vietnam

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May 22nd 2010
Vietnam - May 7th -20th 2010 After travelling through Lao, we were unsure of where to go next. Vietnam for me had always been like Russia, I wanted to go there, but i didn’t know why. Maybe it was all the books I had read or movies I watched about the Vietnam War, but something was always pulling me there. We weren’t planning to go there because we didn’t want to go through the hassle o ... 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