victim of agent orange doing amazing painting

Saigon and the start of Vietnam

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April 18th 2011
Hello everyone, So my last entry was written just as we had arrived in Saigon, we are now in the coastal resort of Nha Trang and I have once again woken up early (starting to get annoying) so I thought I would update you on whats been going on whilst Heather is asleep upstairs. After we wrote the blog on the first day we went to sample the infamous Pho (beef noodle soup) and Bia Hoi (local b ... 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