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Việt Nam

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January 16th 2007
We arrived by bus from Phnom Penh with absolutely no hassles whatsoever crossing the Cambodia/Vietnam border. I was a bit worried because whatever black market entry VISA’s we had purchased in Phnom Penh were extremely dodgy, and for some reason I had a truly bad feeling about it. When we managed to enter Vietnam without any problem I breathed a sigh of relief and curled up again in our near-e ... 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