Inside a tunnel in Cu Chi

Disarming Vietnam december 3 - 13/2012

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December 15th 2012
Ho Chi Minh City It is hardly possible to visit Vietnam while ignoring the hard times the country has had in the near past. The war we, young leftwing students, protested against in the sixties and seventies, is still in our mind. And likewise it is not forgotten by the Vietnamese themselves. But times are changing. Europeans, Australians, Asians and Americans are passing the remnants of ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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