Around Hue

Flooding and Ninh Binh

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October 17th 2010
HUE We woke up early that morning to catch the 7am bus to Hué. After waiting for over an hour for the bus to pick us up we started to worry that it wouldn’t arrive. Our worries grew when the bus did indeed arrive. Having just been in an accident (the reason for the tardiness), the bus had windows taped over to keep the broken glass from falling out and huge dents and scrapes along one si ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Ninh Binh

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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