Halong Bay 2

Adventures in Vietnam

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March 31st 2006
In my first two days in Vietnam I enjoyed the company of the Vietnamese Police on two occasions. First, the bus ride from hell was just that... *the bus had air conditioning but opted not to turn it on *the bus was not overbooked but because there were boxes on all of *the seats there were people sitting in the aisle all night it took two hours to get through Vietnamese immigration ... 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