Peoples' committee building

Vietnam

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January 27th 2016
This final blog entry is being written in Hedge End which feels like cheating but I need to finish it off. Our last two days in Ho Chi Minh City went by in a bit of a blur but we did have one more excursion to the Cu Chi tunnels to fit in. The same guide, Yung, joined us on this trip which took about 2 hours in the minibus, this time along a proper motorway which was a bit less frenetic than the m ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City » District 1

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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