AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 COCKTAILS AND SKETCHES – NUMBER 35 – HAM NGHI, HCMC, VIETNAM

BY Richie Fawcett On the 4th july 1885, a nationwide insurrection broke out against the French under the leadership of the two regents Nguyen Van Tuong and Ton That Thuyet. The French stormed the palace so, Ton That Thuyet took the Emperor Ham Nghi and thee empresses into hiding. Ham Nghi went to the hills […]