Mekong Delta

Saigon

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February 17th 2008
This is the first time we crossed a border by bus. The bus left us at a very convenient place where we easily found our hotel, 20 USD per night incl. breakfast and w i-fi in the room. Vietnam may be the cheapest country for tourists in the region. As in Cambodia in Vietnam also local ( Vietnam Dong) and US currencies videly used together. Ho Chi Minh City (HCMN) is very noisy but very frienly c ... 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