Cu Chi tunnels

Goodbye Vietnam

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October 2nd 2010
We have been in Saigon for the last four days, which unfortunately means our time is also up in Vietnam. Vietnam is defiantly a rating of 10 on the CF scale but we really could have spent another month here. But because we have decided to stick with the Education Department we are only 5 short years away from some more long service leave (yes, generation Y and generation Me there are benefits to s ... 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