Boats on Halong Bay

Halong Bay

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February 25th 2007
Hi All We took a two day Sailing trip on Halong Bay through our Hotel, Viet Anh on the Santa Maria. Minibus through rural / industrial countryside between Hanoi and Halong Bay. I noticed there is a lot of rice fields being filled in for industrial plants. Halong City is about to really turn into a big resort area. Stopped at a ceramics village that supports handicapped people making some very n ... 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