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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 ...
The Citadel of Saigon (Vietnamese: Thành Sài Gòn [tʰâːn ʂâj ɣɔ̂n]) also known as the Citadel of Gia Định (Vietnamese: Thành Gia Định; Chữ Hán: 嘉定城 [tʰâːn ʒaː dîˀn]) was a late 18th-century fortress that stood in Saigon (also known in the 19th century as Gia Định, now Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam from its construction in 1790 until its destruction in February ...
At the end of the war, Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City, and Gia Long Street (named for the emperor Gia Long, reigned 1802–1820) was renamed Lý Tự Trọng Street, in honor of a 17-year-old communist executed by the French. Visitors are allowed access to the roof by taking the elevator to the 9th floor.
Vietnam, later North Vietnam: Democratic Republic of Vietnam: Presidential Palace: Hanoi: Saigon: 1945-1954: French Occupation: Indochinese Federation: Governor-General Palace: Ho Chi Minh City: 1946–1949: Cochinchina (under French Occupation) Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina: Gia Long Palace: 1949–1955: South Vietnam: State of Vietnam ...
In July 1976, the government of unified Vietnam renamed Saigon as Hồ Chí Minh City in honor of Hồ, who died in 1969. The war left Vietnam devastated, with the total death toll standing at between 966,000 and 3.8 million, [240] [241] [242] with many thousands more crippled by weapons and substances such as napalm and Agent Orange. The ...
Hotel Continental Saigon: 1880 French Colonial: Thiên Hậu Temple: 19th century Chinese architecture: Mariamman Temple: late 19th century Hindu: Museum of Ho Chi Minh City - formerly Gia Long Palace: 1885–1890 Neo-Classical: Saigon Central Post Office: 1886–1891 French Colonial: Municipal Theatre of Ho Chi Minh City: 1897 French Colonial
After the capture of Saigon on 30 April 1975, the province of Gia Định (initially without the estuary) and other areas of neighboring provinces (in particular the district of Củ Chi) were united with the city of Saigon in May. The city of Saigon-Gia Định (thành phố Sài Gòn – Gia Định) was created.
Map showing the territorial evolution of French Indochina; the region in the south marked "1862–67" was ceded in the Treaty of Saigon (1862).. The Treaty of Saigon (French: Traité de Saïgon, Vietnamese: Hòa ước Nhâm Tuất, referring to the year of "Yang Water Dog" in the sexagenary cycle) was signed on 5 June 1862 between representatives of the colonial powers, France and Spain, and ...