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Ho Chi Minh City

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Ho Chi Minh City

March 13th 2011
Arrival in Ho Chi Minh City was late in the afternoon on March 10th. Temperature 35 degrees. Before checking into the Windsor Hotel in zone 5 (near China Town and very close to zone 1) we had a delicious lunch at the offering sea food with more spice than we have tasted over the past weeks. Canadian geoduck was also on the menu. Established as a Khmer trading post more than 300 years ag ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Southeast

Vietnamese Flag 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
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