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Safety First

Everyone wears a helmet on their motorbike-and often they even leave it on when they get off and are doing other things like shopping or fishing because they have no place to leave it. They also wear masks over their mouth and nose to filter out the pollution from all the motorbikes.
Vietnam

November 1st 2008
Hello again. We are now in Vietnam, which is to the east of Laos (the last country we wrote from). Vietnam shares a border with both Laos and Cambodia. We started in the north of Vietnam, in the country's capital, Hanoi. We have travelled by bus (over 40 hours, but it was broken up into 5 segments) all the way down the coast to Saigon, also known as Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam has a very lo ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnamese Flag 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
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