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MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL

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September 23rd 2013
Vietnamese traditions follow the lunar calendar. The Mid-Autumn festival of August 15 was last week, in September. This celebration for children goes back 4000 years. There is no holiday but there are lantern decorations, red oval-shapes covered in tissue paper, or star-shaped. Kids wear masks. Everyone eats mooncakes for luck. I am a dessert lover. I can only eat a few nibbles of these dense, sup ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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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