At the Emporer's Mausoleum

Hue City

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June 29th 2008
Day 6 - Trip to the North So we all climbed in the bus and headed north to Hue (pronounced Hway). This is the former capital of Vietnam. The current capital is Hanoi. We visited the mausoleum of Emperor Tu Duc, one of the many emperors of the Nguyen dynasty. It was a very beautiful place. We then headed to the Thien Mu Pagoda which is the most important pagoda of Vietnam. It was high above the ri ... 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