At a time when the earth was desolate and uninhabited, a Golden Dragon descended from the clouds. As he alighted near the seashore, he transformed himself into a handsome young man. He was Lac Long Quan, the ancestor of all the Vietnamese people and father of all the Hung Kings. Thus begins the fable of the Vietnamese people, a fable told down the centuries by grannies to their grandchildren and known by every resident of this often misunderstood country of beguiling smile...
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