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Saigon and the Mekong Delta

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December 15th 2015
Good grief - it was only a 35 min drive from the Ho Chi Min City airport to downtown and that was all the time that it took for me to want to leave!!!!!! Holy traffic and scooters! Whatever happened to peaceful Vietnam? Saigon was also to prove our most interesting hotel experience. Kelly had booked a room at Beautiful Saigon on Biu Vien St cos it had a swimming pool - and it was also on a very ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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