Cai Rang Floating Market

Mekong Delta, Vietnam

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April 30th 2006
Angkor was our last stop in Cambodia. From there we stopped in at Phnom Penh for a night and then it was back on the Mekong River and south to Vietnam. We decided to spend a few days in the Delta area before Saigon. Although we'd seen quite a lot of the Mekong in the last few weeks this area had a whole different feel to it. A lot more money in Vietnam thats for sure, loads more people and infr ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta

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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