Cat Ba Island

A tete-a-tete about Tet

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February 15th 2013
After months of being in Vietnam we were looking forward to the Tet holiday, the main holiday of the year when most people get time off to travel and see friends and family. Thankfully this also meant that schools were off for two weeks and we had the opportunity to relax and travel a bit. My housemate Nadine's family arrived in Hanoi at the very start of our time off, it was so good to see f ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hai Phong

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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