Floating Fishing Village

Ha Long Bay

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July 20th 2007
We've spent the last 3 days on a tour of the Ha Long Bay area including Cat Ba Island. This area is a UN World Heritage Site, its very beautiful and it has nearly 2,000 islands. The first day we made the 4 hour journey to Ha Long Bay, we got on the boat by the early afternoon, first stop was a cool fishing village just floating on the sea in amongst a group of islands. We then went on to see q ... 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