HCMC

Good Morning Vietnam

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July 17th 2012
To cross the border into Vietnam we had to endure one final Cambodian bus journey. To our surprise the Cambodian leg of the journey went pretty smoothly, unfortunately the Vietnamese leg didn’t follow suit. After trying to trick us into paying for a yellow fever certificate we already had, we passed fairly quickly through the rather imposing Vietnamese border, the style of which made it clear th ... 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