Hanoi

Welcome to Vietnam

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September 26th 2010
Initially I was going to fly from Hong Kong to Hanoi. The cost of that flight made me reconsider. Instead I walked back across the border into China and took the train from Shenzhen to Guangzhou. It was the high speed train that I have seen in China, it is suppose to go over 300km/hr. The train I took only got up to 180km/hr. The trip still only took 50min. I then got on the next train to Nanning ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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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