Sorting the harvest

Here a team of women, young and old, trim the longan harvest for transport to Vĩnh Long and from there to Sài Gòn. This cottage industry dominates island life.

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Orchard Islands

July 25th 2006
We got back to Cần Thơ from our trip to the floating markets around lunchtime. After a quick bite in Cần Thơ, we caught a minibus heading towards Sài Gòn (the Vietnamese are adamant that their language is monosyllabic so I'll stick to their spellings) a.k.a. Hồ Chí Minh City. Unsurprisingly, government employees and policemen aside, Southern Vietnamese people prefer the name Sài Gòn. ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Vinh Long

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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