Local Beach

Sunning in Nha Trang

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August 23rd 2005
The trip to Nha Trang was arduous in that family roadtrip way. My entire family (2 pairs of aunts/uncles/cousins) and I packed into a rented Mercedes minivan and off we went from Bien Hoa into Nha Trang and later to Dalat. Some of the best scenery you'll see of Vietnam is outside your car window as you whizz by remote villages, rice paddies, isolated forestry, and mountain peaks. On Hwy 1, w ... 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