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HO CHI MINH CITY (HCMC) - SAIGON

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April 14th 2008
On April 30th, 1975 Saigon fell and the Vietnamese War, or the American War as they call it here, ended. Arguably the most famous pictures of this event occured around the Presidential Palace where the last US helicopters took off days earlier with civilians dangling from their frames and then on the 30th the North's tanks crushing the outer fence of the Palace. I visited the Palace, whi ... 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