What an amazing country. 1/30th the size of Canada, with a population of over 85 million. 80% of people live in rural Viet Nam. In 1945, the population was approximately 20 million, and the country has been in wars for close to 30 years since then. Viet Nam has been occupied for approx 1000 years by the Chinese, and French. These are tough, hard working people that are now looking to make a better life for themselves and their children. The French called this, Cambodia and Laos “Indochina”, because it was the merging of Chinese and Indian culture. Viet Nam more heavily influenced by China, and Laos/Cambodia by india. The first thing that hits you whilst looking out the airplane window, are the lush green rice fields, transected by roads. The majority of houses seem to
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