Mekong Delta - Boat to Phoenix Island

VIETNAM - MEKONG DELTA - Chau Doc

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March 18th 2011
Sunday 6th March We're off on our Mekong River cruise today and it began by bus south towards Bến Tre which is one of the country's southern provinces situated in the delta of the Mekong River. The Mekong Delta is where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries. The Mekong delta region encompasses a large portion of southeastern Vietnam o ... 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