The Lounge Bar

Hi Chi Minh City

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February 13th 2013
Hi everyone, we have settled into Ho Chi Minh City and taken in some of the sights, On Monday we started at the Reunification Palace, you only have to step in the grounds and you know this country is still under communist rule, though you wouldn’t know from the people or the streets. Entering the Reunification Palace you first come across the North Vietnamese tank that was in their words the  ... 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