Inside the re-unification palace

Saigon city

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December 18th 2008
Saigon is the former capital of Vietnam and the city where the French based their colonial activities when the colonised Vietnam. When Vietnam was split into North and South it is where the Americans and their lackeys (if you believe propaganda) were based. After the North took the South they renamed the Ho Chi Min City after the former North Vietnamese leader. However the name never really caug ... 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