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Saigon Port is a network of ports in Ho Chi Minh City. It is a major main port for Vietnam (which has six main sea ports), and the only able to handle post-Panamax ships. The port name is derived from the former name of the city. In 2013, it became the 24th busiest container port in the world. [1]
Saigon Port is one of five major ports in Vietnam, and is among the busiest container ports in the world. Hi-tech Park, located in District 9, is one of Vietnam's two national hi-tech parks. The economy of the city consists of industries ranging from mining, seafood processing, agriculture, and construction, to tourism, finance, industry and trade.
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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 .
However, a plan was already underway to construct a new port on the Saigon River upstream from the city. This site, called Newport, was in a sparsely populated area adjacent to Highway 1 and the bridge connecting Saigon with the newly developing Long Binh Post some 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Saigon.
The Saigon Naval Shipyard is located immediately north of the quay and stretches as far as the mouth of the arroyo de l’Avalanche. [4] After the departure of the French, the River port was taken over by the Saigon Port Authority (Nha Thương cảng Sài Gòn).
Existing military logistics facilities within Vietnam were vastly inadequate to support increased troop levels and the materiel required to support them. [5]: 406 Only three airfields were capable of jet aircraft operations. [3]: 45 Port capacity was limited to the Saigon Port on the Saigon River, and ships were waiting months to offload ...
Dragon House (Vietnamese: Bến Nhà Rồng) or Dragon House Wharf, Dragon House Harbour, officially known as Ho Chi Minh Museum, Ho Chi Minh City Branch, was the original commercial port of Saigon. The construction began in 1862 and more than a year later, in 1863, the house was completed.