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Va Va Voom, Vietnam

October 9th 2010
"...if I eat one more mooncake, I'm going to hurl!" These eloquent words, translated from Chinese, kicked off the Mid-Autumn Festival in China as I walked from my new office building to the waiting company shuttle. We were leaving work on the eve of a three-day festival celebrating the full harvest moon and the joys of family and companionship. Apparently, I had become close enough to my cowork ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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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