Park in Vung Tau

It was very pretty along the coast line. They have pretty parks set up and families were out sitting, eating and visiting. The number of rats out and about in the middle of the afternoon was shocking though.

2015-02-18 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) Vietnam

February 24th 2015
February 18, 2015. We are off to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), formerly and still locally known as Saigon, Vietnam to celebrate Tết! Tết celebrates the arrival of spring , and so is also celebrated as New Year's. Flowers were everywhere! We woke at 4:15 for our flight to HCMC. The Kaohsiung airport was a hopping place as it was Lunar New Year. We were told to get in line immediately to go through ... 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

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