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At the house of "Công tử Bạc Liêu"  
   

At the house of "Công tử Bạc Liêu"

Statues of parents of "Công tử Bạc Liêu" (son of rich landlord in Bạc Liêu) on the altar.
Bạc Liêu (Mekong Delta - part 3)

October 6th 2009
26 and 27 September 2009 - We spent a night in Bạc Liêu town after visiting the southernmost point of Vietnam. In this blog, I don't have beautiful photos of landscape or temples. I will write about two men in Bạc Liêu province, who were very famous during the first half of the 20th century. What I write here is more familiar to Vietnamese, so I will try to explain what I know with my limite ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Bac Lieu

Vietnamese Flag 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
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