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Bến Thành market  
   

Bến Thành market

One of the old French buildings in the city and also the symbol of HCM City.
Sài Gòn 2013 (twenty years since my first visit)

February 23rd 2013
Twenty years had passed since my first trip to Sài Gòn (aka Hồ Chí Minh city). In March 1993 when I visited the city for the first time, I didn't hear much northern accent, but now I could hear northern, central and southern accents everywhere. The city's population is now 10 million people. Many of them are immigrants from other provinces. Like a Vietnamese saying "Đất lành chim đậu" ... read more
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Vietnamese Flag 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
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