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</html><description>Slideshow here. Suggested tune? Crosstown Traffic, Jimi Hendrix. Every morning around 6am, the Voice of Vietnam blasts over Hanoi. Our tour leader told us that they broadcast local news, the lottery numbers, and a generous helping of propaganda. (I find it incongruous that a socialist nation has a lottery. Do they redistribute your winnings if ... ...read more.</description><thumbnail_url>http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2134/2265332813_d2703e75cd.jpg</thumbnail_url></oembed>

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