Mekong Delta local fruit

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November 16th 2010
Our first encounter upon arriving in Vietnam was Hans being chased around the pavement by a little old lady shouting "You need! You need!" She held in her hand an item she had carefully selected just for him from her basket of random crap...a razor. We'd just stepped off the coach after the longest and most uncomfortable overnight journey which had brought us from Sihanoukville, over the ... read more

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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