Vietnamese Elephants and Balinese Bumbershoot

VIETNAM AND SINGAPORE

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March 30th 2009
This skinny strip of land called Vietnam is home to more than 85 million people, making it more densely populated than China. They are the world’s second biggest exporter of rice and coffee. The Vietnamese are the smallest of all of the Asian and the government is looking into ways to change this. Since KFC has thousands of outlets in Vietnam, it probably won’t take long to see some additio ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

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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