Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) Photo 4

Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)

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April 29th 2008
So we arrived in Saigon in the afternoon and spent the evening having a little explore of the backpacker area we were staying in and getting ourselves some food. We booked ourselves onto a tour for the following day of the Cu Chi Tunnels also. The following morning we were up early for it, these tunnels are what the locals built/dug for the Viet Cong (Vietnamese army) to hide in and to use as trap ... 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