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The heat was on in Saigon....

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December 20th 2007
From Phnom Penh we headed across the border into Vietnam, country number twenty eight since departure. The first port of call was Saigon (or Ho Chi Minh City if you like). The four weeks in Cambodia was one of my longest single country stints thus far, and a tough act to follow, especially with my first impressions of Vietnam being traffic chaos and dodgy, misinformation peddling cab drivers. ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

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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