Mekong delta bridge.

Mekong Delta

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May 27th 2015
A short flight from Danang took us to Saigon, also known as Ho Chi Minh City, and back to big cities with throngs of motor cyclists. We spent an interesting morning visiting the Cu Chi tunnels near the end of the Ho Chi Minh trail, a ninety-minute drive from our hotel. This is where members of the National Liberation Front or Viet Cong lived while fighting American troops. We went down a short ... 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