Museum entrance

Props to Uncle Ho- A visit to the HCM Museum

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May 28th 2006
Today, we decided join the locals and make a visit one of Hanoi’s most popular Sunday attractions…the tomb of Ho Chi Minh. Well, we decided to catch the tomb itself another day as the line to enter it and view his body was easily over a half mile long. We did, however, pay the 5,000 dong (roughly 33 cents US) to enter the air conditioned HCM Museum. It was quite interesting, if not a bit c ... 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