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China Beach

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May 25th 2015
From Hue we drove south to Hoi An along the coast passing through Danang. There are some lovely beaches, including My Khe, nicknamed China Beach by U.S. soldiers who landed in the seaport of Danang. The Garden Palm Resort, where we spent two days, backed onto a beach and we had a pleasant dip in the East Sea, perhaps better known as the South China Sea but the Vietnamese don't use that name, es ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast » Da Nang

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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