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Temple on the lake, downtown Hanoi

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September 8th 2013
Em and I always wanted to go back to Vietnam since our first visit ended abruptly (see http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/blog-583459.html). So we used up all our 2 weeks worth of holidays (silly Canada) and flew into Hanoi in the north, with the plan of travelling down the country to Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) in the south to fly out of there. We quickly realised that ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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