Canal Scene

MEKONG DELTA 20,000 DONG

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December 17th 2008
"Ponies! Why did it have to be ponies?" As moaned by Karen Richards From its source on the Tibetan Plateau the Mekong River travels over 4,000 Kilometers to Southwest Vietnam where it splits into 9 tributaries known to the Vietnamese as ‘Cuu Long’ or the ‘Nine Dragons’ as it enters the Gulf of Thailand. The Mekong is Asia’s third longest river. (If you want to know what the first t ... 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