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Hung a Duc

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October 20th 2007
Hey everyone... On Sunday we took a boat trip to Ha Long Bay, which consists of thouands of limestone islands jutting out of the emerald sea!! (Or so the rough guide says!) Well, Hung drove us there in his minibus with Duc as our tour guide and in our group were two Germans, two French and a lovely Malaysian family. We stayed overnight on the boat and ate lots of lovely seafood. On the fi ... 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