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Blue Dragon

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April 7th 2012
I forgot to mention that on the trip out to Halong Bay we had stopped off at the Blue Dragon childrens rescue charity. It was set up by an Michael Brosowski, an Australian guy who still works at the centre. He had seen the plight of many of Vietnam's children, either living in poverty and suffereing malnutrition and unable to go to school or those orphaned or take by traffikers from their fami ... 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