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Would You Like Fries With That Snake?

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May 23rd 2007
While I have since moved on, I recently spent a couple days touring the Mekong Delta in Southern Vietnam. Often referred to as the nation's rice basket, the region produces the majority of the rice consumed in and exported from Vietnam (and they go through A LOT of rice here, obviously). Most of the tour (2 long days and 1 night) was spent cruising up and down the Upper and Lower Mekong Rivers ... read more

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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