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The floating market of Can Tho

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July 28th 2007
Cantho is a small town in Southern Vietnam and thrives off the Mekong Delta. Our visit there was purely for the purpose of seeing the wonderful floating markets. We got up at 5am the day after we arrived in Cantho in order to catch a local bus at 6am to Phung Hiep, a famous floating market that is apparently less touristy than many other floating markets. At 7.30am, we found a very nice man at ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Can Tho

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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