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    What is the former name of Ho Chi Minh City?

    Question #2289. Asked by ivan200000. (May 05 00 5:44 PM)


    Odonnell

    		Formerly known as Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City is a sprawling metropolis that is home to over 5 million people.

    May 05 00, 11:32 PM
    Jabba_Jinx

    		Saigon. That city used to be the capital of South Vietnam. It was renamed after the leader of the Vietcong after South Vietnam fell to the Communists in 1975.

    May 09 00, 1:03 PM
    zbeckabee

    		SAIGON -- After Prey Nokor was settled by Vietnamese refugees from the north, in time it became known as Sài Gòn. It should be noted, however, that before the French colonization, the official Vietnamese name of Saigon was Gia Định. In 1862, the French discarded this official name and adopted the name "Saigon", which had always been the popular name.

    From an orthographic point of view, the Vietnamese name, Sài Gòn, is written in two words, which is the traditional convention in Vietnamese spelling. Some people, however, write the name of the city as SàiGòn or Sàigòn in order to save space or give it a more Westernized look.

    On May 1, 1975, after the fall of South Vietnam, the now ruling communist government renamed the city after the alias of their leader, Ho Chi Minh.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh_City

    Feb 04 08, 8:41 PM

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