Near the harbour in Nha Trang

South China Sea

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January 6th 2007
Next Stop Nha Trang The day on the bus we had wonderful sunshine for the first time in Vietnam. Nha Trang is a beach holiday resort. Our hotel is only about 200m from the beach. It is quite windy and therefore again pleasantly cool. Yesterday we did a very touristy boat-trip. With some other 40 people (french, dutch, Australians, Chinese, Koreans) wie went to the four islands off the Nha Trang c ... 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