A typical motorbike load in Hanoi

Hanoi

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February 3rd 2008
Our sleeper train arrived at Hanoi train station just prior to five o'clock in the morning. This was preceded by some Vietnamese music playing intermittently over the speakers as an alarm clock, followed a few seconds later by a knock and a face peering into our booth telling us to get off the train. We stumbled bleary-eyed onto the platform, discovering that Hanoi was rather chilly at this ho ... 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