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Exploring Hanoi

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February 24th 2014
Woken at 7am by a loud speaker just outside our room. It seems that the Vietnamese government likes to give a daily lecture to its people and there is no way to avoid it. Speakers on every corner of the city. Once we had breakfasted, as we had had a good walk round old Hanoi yesterday we decided to explore further afield. First of all to the Hoam Kien Lake in the centre of the city just belo ... 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