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Reunification Palace

Vietnam

January 24th 2016
Ho Chi Minh City (still referred to as Saigon) is certainly the busiest place we have visited so far. On the first morning we booked a guided tour of some of the historic highlights. The temperature is in the mid 30's here so it was worth being taken from one place to another in an air conditioned mini bus! We visited the Reunification Palace, the original had been built in an elegant french colon ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta

Vietnamese Flag 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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