Ho Chi Minh City

Mekong Delta - Vietnam and Cambodia

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February 1st 2014
Ho Chi Minh City There couldn't be a greater contrast between slick and orderly Singapore and Ho Chi Minh city, where chaos reigns in all areas, and definitely the most hectic buzzing city we have been to so far. Nevertheless we were pleased to be back in the 'real' South East Asia again and spent many a half hour on street corners just admiring the traffic chaos and t ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta

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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