The nondescript river town of Chau Doc is home to one of Vietnam’s less likely attractions, Islam. It’s an easy sell for tourists who are surprised to find a Muslim village on the Hau river, a wide brown-watered branch of the Mekong often depicted in Vietnam war film scenes of patrol boats fading into a jungle sunset. This is also home to the Cham, one of oldest, most idiosyncratic Muslim communities in Asia.
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mardi 1 septembre 2009
Curiosity of foreigners aids Muslims in Vietnam
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 1 septembre 2009, 08:48 - News in english
