Presidential Palace

Hanoi

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December 4th 2008
Today was Hanoi, I Took a tour of the city which included the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum he was the founder of the Vietnamese communist movement we also visited the presidential palace a museum of Vietnamese ethnicity and an old city palace. Generally the buildings in Hanoi are poorly maintained the main exceptions I saw were the presidential palace and Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum. Most of the buildings ... 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