Hue- the citadel

The adventures continue moving up through Vietnam...

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May 23rd 2008
So we are continuing to move up north through Vietnam. Our next stop was Hue. This is a cool little city only a few hours from Hoi An. We planned on staying here around 3 days but found that there wasn't too much to do so we ended up staying one night and making a tour of the city in our one main day there. To our surprise, this city offered some super interesting sights to visit. It was onc ... 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