Lacquer Factory

Saigon (Ho Chi Minh) City Vietnam

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November 23rd 2014
Saigon (Ho Chi Minh) City Vietnam In the mid-1960’s as I watched the young men in my high school class being sent to Vietnam, many of them never to return, and as I watched as we as a nation, agonized over the war, were split by the war, and prayed it would be over soon…never, ever did I think that I would one day be in Saigon, Vietnam. Our ship docked at Phu My and we took ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City » District 1

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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