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Hoi and to Ho Chi Minh City

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December 3rd 2006
I finally made it in one (rather tired) piece to the busy Ho Chi Minh City (a.k.a. Saigon) after over a week with no blog entries (sorry!). I've been on the trip now for just over a month, and quite a lot has happened during the past week. We arrived in Hoi An last weekend which is a small riverside town with traditional Vietnamese buildings and markets. Our hotel was located about a mile ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

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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