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Passage to Hanoi, auspicious sightings and walking on water.

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September 4th 2010
When we left you we were at the border crossing between China and Vietnam..... The rickety walkway continued round a corner and in front of us was a deserted wide road, with a downhill slope. I wasn't expecting a trek between countries merely a short hop, but it seems that you have to walk down about 200m of road through a barrier across the road (at which was a guard totally disinterested in e ... 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