Uncle Ho's house on stilts

27th March - Hanoi

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March 27th 2008
News break!!!!!!  5 men from Laos arrested for drug smuggling at the Haon Kiem lake  Celebrities from Australia attend Vietnamese weddings But more about that later! Christine and I decided to have a look around Hanoi today. First we made our way by taxi to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. Another dodgy taxi driver. He asked for 40,000 dong, but we refused and told him to use the meter. Final ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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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