Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City aka Saigon

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March 8th 2012
8th March ’12 Ho Chi Minh City We had decided to catch the early bus which left at 8.30am and took about 6 hours with a stop where we managed to grab a sarnie – pate and ham no less! An old Vietnamese guy started talking to us and offered us tangerines. It turned out this was his first visit back to Vietnam in 30 years and he now lived in America in Washington DC, he told us he was 70 and ... 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