Oath by the rock (Hòn đá thề)

President Hồ Chí Minh made an oath by this rock to determine on gaining independence for the nation (Tại đây trước Quốc dân Đại hội, Chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh đọc lời thề quyết tâm giành độc lập dân tộc)

Tuyên Quang (North East - Part 1)

June 3rd 2012
The photos in this blog were taken on my two trips to Tuyên Quang province in April and May this year. My travel companions on both trips were Vietnamese tourists and we spent very short time in the province. On the first trip (14 April) we went through the province and traveled up north to Hà Giang (the northernmost province of Vietnam) along the Lô river. On the way we visited three temples ( ... 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

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