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Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC; Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), commonly known as Saigon, is the most populous city in Vietnam, with a population of around 10 million in 2023. [7] The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigon River.
Ho Chi Minh City will host the region's financial, commercial, hi-tech, educational, transportation and communication services. Vũng Tàu will be the seaside entertainment hub as well as petroleum center (oil and gas exploitation, oil refinery, LPG production), steel, fertilizer, electricity.
Centrally controlled cities (thành phố trực thuộc trung ương) or municipalities are cities with significant importance in terms of politics, economy and culture of Vietnam that are under direct control of the Vietnamese Central government.
Rank Name Province Pop. Rank Name Province Pop. Ho Chi Minh City Hanoi: 1: Ho Chi Minh City: Municipality: 8,993,082: 11: Vinh: Nghệ An: 473,275 Haiphong Cần Thơ: 2
Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area Ho Chi Minh City: Ho Chi Minh City; Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu; Bình Dương; Bình Phước; Đồng Nai; Long An; Tây Ninh; Tiền Giang; 21,281,639 Vietnam: 2019 [4] [5] 4 Hanoi Capital Region Hanoi: Hanoi; Bắc Giang; Bắc Ninh; Hà Nam; Hải Dương; Hòa Bình; Hưng Yên; Phú Thọ; Thái Nguyên ...
Traffic congestion is a growing problem in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City especially with the growth of individual car ownership. [338] [339] Vietnam's primary cross-country rail service is the Reunification Express from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi, a distance of nearly 1,726 kilometres (1,072 mi). [340]
District 1 (Quận 1, Quận Một, Quận Nhất or Quận Nhứt) is the central urban district of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), the largest city in Vietnam.With a total area of 7.7211 km 2 (2.9811 sq mi) the district has a population of 204,899 people as of 2010. [1]
The National Assembly/House of Representatives was located in the Saigon Opera House, now the Municipal Theatre, Ho Chi Minh City, [27]: 100 while the Senate was located at 45-47 Bến Chương Dương Street (đường Bến Chương Dương), District 1, originally the Chamber of Commerce, and now the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange.