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Vietnam

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December 29th 2008
New Year in Vietnam We pressed on into Vietnam to spend New Year in a city, in anticipation of a lively celebration and countdown to 2009! HANOI Being a busy time of year for travel, we booked ahead for our accommodation and chose the place hightlighted in Lonely's Planet as 'our pick'. We didn't quite get off on the right foot here as the accommodation we'd booked turned out to be 3 ti ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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