Loic and Christine

My 19th Birthday

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November 28th 2007
I am no longer the only 18 year-old in SJ Vietnam!! :D Monday I turned 19, and even though I hadn't planned anything at all and thought it would just be normal day, my wonderful friends turned it into a great day! I woke up to a chocolate christmas calendar and Danish candy from my parents - yay! Then I had lunch at my favourite restaurant in Hanoi (the one with the fish in one of my first entr ... 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