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Sunset at Mui Ne beach  
   

Sunset at Mui Ne beach

Central and Southern Vietnam

January 15th 2007
After the beautiful but cold northern part of Vietnam we went looking for some better weather down south. You can buy the 'open tour' ticket to go all the way to Saigon (officially called Ho Chi Minh City since 1975) for 25USD and make a couple of stops on the way. Our first stop was Hue, the former emperial capital. There's an old citadel here and we visited the tombs of the Emperor Tu Duc. H ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnamese Flag 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
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