During December, the weather north of Danang (and the Hai Van Pass) can be cool and rainy. January through March are optimal months to travel the length of Vietnam (combined with humidity, it is not as cool as the chart below reflects). However, Sapa does not thaw until around the first week of March.
During the Cambodian Genocide of 1975-1979, approximately 1.7 million people lost their lives (21% of the country's population), it was one of the worst human tragedies â¦ of the 20th century. 23 people found this useful.
Many were held in prison camps awaiting their fate. An estimated 4,000 died from hunger, exposure and disease. The journey became a cultural memory as the trail where they cried for the Cherokees and other removed tribes. Today it is widely remembered by the general public as the Trail of Tears.