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Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC; Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), commonly known as Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn), 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.
Nguyenkim Shopping Center (also known as Nguyenkim Electronic Appliance Center) is located in Ho Chi Minh City. It started as an electronic retailer in 1992 and then expanded into a department store. The company has been growing in the past few years and sees itself climbing the 100 top best companies in the world.
The team was established in 2019 as the reserves team of V.League 1 side Ho Chi Minh City FC to compete in the Vietnamese Third Division, the fourth tier of Vietnamese football system. [1] In the first season at the Third Division, club finished first in their group, thus gain a promotion to be 2020 Vietnamese Second Division. [2]
In 1989, 16,000 Vietnamese attended a Miss Ao Dai Beauty Contest held in Ho Chi Minh City. [26] When the Miss International Pageant in Tokyo gave its "Best National Costume" award to an áo dài-clad Trường Quỳnh Mai in 1995, Thời Trang Trẻ (New Fashion Magazine) claimed that Vietnam's "national soul" was "once again honored". [ 27 ]
District 1 and the other seven districts of Ho Chi Minh City were founded on May 27, 1959. Before 1975, the first district only had four small subsets (wards) which were Bến Nghé, Hòa Bình, Trần Quang Khải and Tự Đức (named after major historical characters), and the second district had seven different wards which were Bến Thành, Bùi Viện, Cầu Kho, Cầu Ông Lãnh ...
After the North Vietnamese communist invasion of South Vietnam, on 12 August 1978 the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee ordered that the former Supreme Court be used as the Ho Chi Minh City Revolutionary Museum (Bảo tàng Cách mạng Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), later renamed to its current name on 13 December 1999.
District 10 (Vietnamese: Quận 10) is an urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. As of 2017, the district had a population of 239,053 and an area of 5.7181 km 2, occupying 0.24% of the city's total land area. [1] It is divided into 15 small subsets which are called wards (phường), numbered from Ward 1 to Ward 15.
District 9 (Vietnamese: Quận 9) is a former urban district (quận) of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam.As of 2010, the district had a population of 263,486, and an area of 114 km 2.