Caodai 2

Cu Chi and Caodaism

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July 29th 2008
We figured we had to do at least one tourist thing in Vietnam while Chuck was here. We decided to do the Cu Chi Tunnels and the caodai temple. The Cu Chi tunnels are the underground tunnels the Vietcong used to escape from the b-52 bombs and sneak up into the U.S. Army camps and set traps. The people wound up living underground and their is a complex network of tunnels about 200 or more kilome ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City » Cu Chi

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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