Dieu Giac Orphanage & Chinese New Year Photo 2

Dieu Giac Orphanage & Chinese New Year

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February 20th 2008
I have been lucky enough to be in Vietnam for Tet (also known as Lunar New Year and Chinese New Year). Tet is like Christmas, New Years, and everyone in the whole country's birthday all rolled into one. During the holiday, everyone takes at least 1 week off to spend time with their family and most businesses are closed for 1 - 2 weeks. The preparation and celebration blows any western holiday awa ... 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