Ho Chin Minh Mausoleum, Hanoi

SE Asia 2014 Day 10

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November 14th 2014
Breakfast at our Hanoi hotel in their Japanese restaurant. They have two options: a bento box with shrimp tempura, a fried egg, miso soup and some other stuff; and ramen noodles. We select the bento box. It's good. Coffee is tremendously strong and hot. Today will be a city tour of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. It is a very busy city of 8 million, smaller than Saigon, but condensed in a much s ... 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