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Visiting Vietnam Part 2-Phu Quoc Island to Saigon

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June 8th 2010
After Hoi An we flew to a small island which is in the Gulf of Thailand, along the southernmost coast of Vietnam near Cambodia. Phu Quoc is just on the verge of being “discovered” but currently only receives 50,000 visitors per year. It is quite tropical and lovely, and (best of all) it is not crowded. We were on the verge of monsoon season, but we were quite lucky with the weather, and only ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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