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April 18th 2010
Halong Bay-world heritage site and a bay of around 2000 islets of jagged rock-completely bare in parts and covered with deciduous trees in others-most of these rock pillars are so steep you would be hard pressed to make a landing on them. There are several small floating villages in the bay where the inhabitants never actually set foot on land . Here they farm oysters -one can watch them seeding t ... 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