On our way to the perfume pagoda

Hanoi and VTE

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February 26th 2007
Hanoi. It is apparently the favourite city of a “relative”ly close person of mine and I was therefore curious to see what she saw! I can’t say I really know that someone, but there is an air of self-centred-ness which makes me slightly uneasy thinking of cultural interactions taking place. My appreciation for Asia is new and I am probably too intolerant for other approaches than the one I ch ... 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