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The majority are opposed to the existing government of Vietnam, [23] [24] and, in many cases, view Hồ Chí Minh as a dictator who ruined Vietnam by starting the war with South Vietnam. [25] As a result, they generally do not recognize the name Hồ Chí Minh City , and will only refer to the city as Sài Gòn , the previous official name of ...
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.
In 2007, Ho Chi Minh City's contribution to the annual revenues in the national budget increased by 30 percent, accounting for about 20.5 percent of total revenues. The consumption demand of Ho Chi Minh City is higher than other Vietnamese provinces and municipalities and 1.5 times higher than that of Hanoi. [88] [failed verification] 2008
Saigon is the former name of Ho Chi Minh City, the current most populous city in Vietnam. The Sài Gòn name is still sometimes used informally in Vietnamese. Saigon may also refer to: Saigon (mango), a seedling race of mango cultivars; Saigon (rapper) (born 1977), American hip hop artist; Saigon, a 1982 novel by Anthony Grey
Should this page really be under Ho Chi Minh City - it is still far more commonly called Saigon - even by the locals. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul Benjamin Austin (talk • contribs) 16:52, 27 March 2003. Ho Chi Minh City is the official and legal name, and the article ought to reflect that. I edited a reference to Ho Chi Minh as ...
On April 27, 1931, Chợ Lớn and the neighboring city of Saigon were merged to form a single city called Saigon–Cholon. The official name, however, never entered everyday vernacular and the city continued to be referred to as Saigon. "Cholon" was dropped from the city's official name in 1956, after Vietnam gained independence from France in ...
Vietnam, [e] [f] officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, [g] [h] is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres (128,000 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.
The fall of Saigon [9] was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam on 30 April 1975. This decisive event led to the collapse of the South Vietnamese government and the evacuation of thousands of U.S. personnel and South Vietnamese civilians, and marked the end of the Vietnam War .