Palace

The City with two names

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August 16th 2007
Ho Chi Minh City, aka. Saigon. South Vietnam's capital, renamed in 1975 after a tank crashed into the government palace ending the North South War. We have only had two days and one very late night, but for a city allegedly notorious for crime, prostitution and hassle, we have found it quite the opposite. Our flight left Danang over 1 hour late. We arrived in Saigon somewhere around 1.15 in the ... 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