"Can Tho colonial cossetting" and "In search of the Super Dong"!!...Post 11
April 23rd 2009 The ride from Vinh Long to Can Tho was virtually over before it began...Just 37 kms on sealed roads. The only slight problem being that the bridge linking the two river island provinces collapsed a short while ago (killing 67 people we were laughingly informed by Ho Chi Minh Diamond, see last blog)..Consequently we had to take a ferry across the river just east of Can Tho...Typical vietnamese cha
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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 
