View from Room

Day 2: Meeting the AIESECers (over food and more food)

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November 25th 2012
First full day in Vietnam so, naturally, I slept in. I didn't think 4 hours would make much of a difference but I felt considerably jetlagged. Today was the Local Committee Presidential elections for AIESEC Foreign Trade University Ho Chi Minh City (the AIESEC branch who organised my volunteering project). As seen in the view from my window, space is utilised well for a city with 9 million inh ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

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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