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Vietnam DMZ Travel Guides
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 The DMZ is approximately 75 km north of Hue Imperial Citadel and 580km south of Ha Noi. From Ha Noi you can take an overnight train for Dong Ha Town or from Hue you can take a day tour to the DMZ. Our tour brings you to a valley called Khe Sanh, back in times, there were fierce battles here once...
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Vietnam My Lai Massacre
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 In the Vietnam War, a massacre of Vietnamese civilians by U.S. soldiers. On March 16, 1968, a unit of the U.S. army Americal division, led by Lt. William L. Calley, invaded the South Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai (more correctly, Son My), an alleged Viet Cong stronghold.
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Vietnam Khe Sanh Travel Guides
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 Vietnam Khe Sanh Battle, Khe Sanh Besiege, Khe Sanh Battle Field. The U.S. Marine Corps base at Khe Sanh, a mountainous region just south of the DMZ and close to the border with Laos, became a symbol for America's involvement in the Vietnam War. The base was established as a possible staging point for U.S. actions in the area. In early 1968, soon after the North's Tet Offensive, three North Vietnamese divisions surrounded Khe Sanh and its 6,000 defenders.
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Vietnam Dien Bien Phu
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 Dien Bien Phu which is 500km from Ha Noi is deep in the mountains and is near the border between Vietnam and Laos. The area includes deep ravines and up to over 2500m-mountains. Muong Thanh Valley of Dien Bien is the biggest valley in the northwest of Vietnam, measures at 20km from north-to-south and over 6km from east-to-west. There were no truckable roads into the area at the time. Building Dien Bien Phu into a “grinding machine”, the French would use airplanes...
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Viet Nam Ia Drang Valley
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 The valley, near the Drang River in Vietnam's Central Highlands, was the site of the first major battles between U.S Army and the People's Army of Vietnam. The battles were considered the bloodiest ones during the war and have gathered a lot of debates up until now....
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