Tunnel Entry

Cu Chi Tunnels

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March 7th 2007
Went out to the Cu Chi Tunnel complex today. This is about a 2 hour bus ride from Ho Chi Minh City. The complex is a re-construction of the tunnels used in the war with a fair bit of glossing up for the tourists. We watched a film on how the Cu Chi farmers were transformed into guerillas by day and rice farmers by night. We then went out and viewed some tunnels. They are very small and even th ... 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