Hanoi

Hue

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February 5th 2011
Hello! So, we spent a few days in Hanoi and to be honest didn't do a great deal, because of TET everything was closed and also the weather was not that great so we wandered around the City and embraced the culture. On Wednesday we spent the day at Halong Bay which was really nice, the sun came out and we really got to see the Bay very well. However, we had a rather funny experience in a cave th ... 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