Morning Market on Woman's Day

The wild, wild west

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March 8th 2011
As I type this it is about 15 minutes before sunrise on the pool deck (4:25pm Nashville time). Yesterday was a three tour day beginning with a visit to the Hard Rock Cafe to hear a presentation from a Vietnamese branding company. Their main brand (cash cow) is Highlands Coffee, a locally successful Vietnamese coffee attempting to go international. The next visit was to a wildly successful Engli ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City » District 1

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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