Eating at the markets

Wham Bam, it's Vietnam!

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March 1st 2011
For the record, I considered calling this blog something with a 'Good Morning Vietnam' theme...but I resisted, as I thought it was a bit cliched. Hence the brilliant title I decided on...so there. Anyhoo, we're now in Vietnam which is proving to be quite a whistle stop tour - to be fair we're condensing 5 months of travelling into 2 so that'll be why! I'm going to go out on a limb here and sa ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

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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