Cu Chi Tunnel Map

Cu Chi Tunnels near Ho Chi Minh City

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December 4th 2010
After an amazing lunch, we set out to tour the Cu Chi tunnels - part of a 200KM long network built in the 1960's by the Viet Cong. At its height, the tunnels stretched from Saigon (30KM away) to the Cambodian border. This tunnel system connected post offices, hospitals, weapons factories, and shelters allowing the Viet Cong to control large rural areas of the country. Our guide demonstrated how ... 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