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Saigon second day

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June 11th 2012
Our second day in Saigon. We had a good breakfast and at eight o'clock we were picked up for the tour. Just another two people, that were Americans. We visited an interesting church. It dates from 1920 and is called CAO DAOISM. A combination of Buddism,Christianity, Islam, Taoism and Confucioism. They pray for four hours a day for an hour, because the ceremony sstarted at noon, we had an early ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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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