Ho Chi Minh's statue

The traffic madness of Saigon

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November 22nd 2007
Ho Chi Minh City, or Saigon as it is also known, is the largest city in Vietnam. The main area is small enough to walk around, some areas quite western with designer shops and posh hotels and other areas full of locals and street markets which we loved. We ate some great food at some of the street stalls near the markets, where we ordered a beef BBQ and when it turned up was a roof tile over a m ... 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