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... white rose, another Hoi An specialty - a sort of shrimp dumpling that was a little too hard for our tastes. A better version would be undoubtedly awesome. Cha gio - a standard spring roll with rice lattice paper. Hoanh thanh chien - fried wonton with pork, shrimp, and a tomato sauce that seemed like a cooked salsa or bruschetta. Interesting, because it felt more Mexican or Italian than Vietnamese!
Disney-Nam

October 17th 2016
Geo: 15.875, 108.336There may not be a more picturesque location in Vietnam than Hoi An's Old Town - too bad it doesn't really feel like Vietnam! Good or bad, Hoi An's Old Town feels extremely foreign compared to our previous stops - it seems almost too perfect, too manufactured, to be the Vietnam we've come to know. If the World Showcase at Disney's Epcot Center had a Viet ... read more
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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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