Word: annam
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...just how cushy an Indo-Chinese posting could be need only check into La Résidence Hôtel & Spa, tel: (84-054)383 7475. Located in the old capital of Hué, this classical colonial villa was built in 1930 to house the French governor of Annam (now Central Vietnam), and since its conversion into a hotel two years ago has been welcoming paying guests for under $200 a night...
...more than 1,000 years. The haven described by the fleet's Chinese chronicler Ma Huan was the rough port town of Qui Nhon, where sarong-wearing, wiry-haired Cham ivory merchants and slave traders plied their wares. Yet in 1471, less than 70 years later, the northern Annam kingdom of ethnic Vietnamese conquered the Chams, driving them south and scattering them. Some remained Hindu but many in Cambodia and southern Vietnam later converted to Islam en masse, and their ancient culture was nearly forgot-ten. "Do you really mean the Chams once had an empire?" asks an incredulous...