Woman making conical hat

Hanoi - our last morning in Vietnam

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December 12th 2010
Sunday, December 12th Hanoi Our last morning in Hanoi, we toured the Museum of Ethnology dedicated to the Hmong people of Vietnam. Scenes depicted making conical shaped hats, carrying basket woven fish traps on bicycle, typical home scenes, and shamanic funeral ceremonies. Lunch, if you can believe it, was at Al Fressco’s - famous for ribs and pizza - talk about ethnic food… This afte ... 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