Crispy banh mi baguettes, grand colonial facades, and chattering Francophone schoolchildren are lingering reminders of the French presence that once dominated Vietnam. But there are darker legacies ...
A baker holds up trays of baguettes at the Hoan Boulangerie bakery shop in Hanoi HANOI, Sep 1 (Reuters) -As Vietnam celebrates the 80th anniversary of its declaration of independence from colonial ...
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Vietnam's French city and why it was built
It's true! The small city of Dalat in the Vietnam highlands was built by the French in the 1800s as a resort town for French citizens and officers to get away from the tropical heat of the south. And ...
Within a decade of the French defeat, Vietnam found itself pitted against another Western power, as U.S. involvement increased in what is known locally as the American War. "The aggressor army of the ...
French Politics, Culture & Society, Vol. 39, No. 3 (Winter 2021), pp. 123-146 (24 pages) Based on interviews with thirty-eight French retirees living in the seaside city of Nha Trang, Vietnam, this ...
First Lady of France Brigitte Macron concluded her visit to Vietnam on Tuesday morning, after spending the weekend in the Southeast Asian country with her husband, French President Emmanuel Macron.
A man cycles past the Government Guest House in Hanoi. Crispy banh mi baguettes, grand colonial facades and babbling Francophone schoolchildren are lingering ...
HANOI, Sep 1 (Reuters) -As Vietnam celebrates the 80th anniversary of its declaration of independence from colonial rule this week, French cultural influence remains ubiquitous, but not many people in ...
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