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Sat 05 May 2010Good morning Vietnam
As Hanoi celebrates its 1,000th birthday, CLIFFORD COONANvisits a city that offers an appealing mixture of gritty Vietnamese street life and relaxed post-colonial ease
You have to check your watch to make sure you’re in the right time zone, the right continent or even the right point in history. The coffee they drink is Vietnamese – brewed French style, of course – but the jackfruit and mango they chew on set this scene apart from anything you will see in France. This is definitely Asia.
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