Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Saigon center

Notre Dame Cathedral was built by the French and is one of the few French building still in existence. The French occupied Indochina until 1954 when they were defeated by the Viet Namese.  The history of this region is one of constant conflict between the various  indigenous cultures and with foreign occupational forces.  Not very many periods of peace and prosperity but we currently seem to be in one.

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