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Vua Meo

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Vua Meo, French colonial villa. Bac Ha, Vietnam

The outlandish Vua Meo, built in 1921 by the French to keep the Tay chief Hoang A Tuong happily ensconced in style, is a bizarre palace constructed in a kind of 'Eastern baroque' style on the northern edge of Bac Ha. There's not much to see, other than the architecture itself, but the ground floor has a shop selling excellent-quality embroideries and traditional clothes.

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