VIETNAM

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• The French language, a legacy of colonial rule, is still spoken by some older Vietnamese as a
• second language, but is losing its popularity

Vietnams eastern and southern border is the shoreline and to the north is china

TO THE WEST IS LAOS AND KAMPUCHE

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• The Vietnamese generally shake hands both when greeting and when saying good-bye.
• Shake with both hands, and bow your head slightly to show respect.
• Bow to the elderly who do not extend their hand.
• Vietnamese women are more inclined to bow their head slightly than to shake hands

French colonialism in Vietnam lasted more than six decades

BY THE LATE 1880S FRANCE CONTROLLED VIETNAM, LAOS AND CAMBODIA

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• which collectively it called Indochine Francais (French Indochina).
• Indochina soon became one of France’s most lucrative colonial possession