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Cộng Hòa Stadium (1960–1975) Location: District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Owner: Vietnamese Government: Operator: Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism: Capacity: 14,400 [1] Field size: 100 by 68 metres (109.4 yd × 74.4 yd) Construction; Broke ground: 1929: Opened: October 18, 1931: Renovated: 1967–1968, 2002 ...
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 ...
[nb 3] Even today, however, the informal name of Sài Gòn remains in daily speech. However, there is a technical difference between the two terms: Sài Gòn is commonly used to refer to the city centre in District 1 and the adjacent areas, while Ho Chi Minh City refers to all of its urban and rural districts. [13]
French officer Francis Garnier proposes that Sài Gòn's etymology is in the Cantonese name of Chợ Lớn (chữ Nôm: 𢄂𡘯), the Chinese district of Saigon. The Cantonese (and original) name of Cholon is "Tai-Ngon" (堤 岸), which means "embankment" (French: quais). The theory posits that "Sài Gòn" derives from "Tai-Ngon".
Chợ Lớn (listen ⓘ, Chinese: 堤岸), usually anglicized as "Cholon" in English sources, is a quarter of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.It lies on the west bank of the Saigon River, having Bình Tây Market as its central market.
Ben Thanh Market is situated in the center of Ho Chi Minh in Bến Thành Ward, District 1.The market is located on an intersection of four busy streets. The main entrance is the Southside on Lê Lợi Boulevard/Quách Thị Trang Square, the Northside on Lê Thánh Tôn, the Eastside on Phan Bội Châu and the Westside on Phan Châu Trinh.
Samco sleeper bus in Vietnam. Samco (Sai Gon Mechanical Engineering Corporation, Vietnamese: Tổng công ty Cơ khí Giao thông vận tải Sài Gòn) is a Vietnamese state-owned manufacturer of automobiles, buses and automobile spare parts, as well as a builder of commercial and emergency vehicle bodies.
Liberate Saigon (Giải phóng Sài Gòn) is a 2005 Vietnamese film dramatizing the battle for the capture of Saigon. [104] Oh, Saigon (2007) is a PBS documentary by Doan Hoang about her family's escape and resettlement. [11] [13] [105] The miniseries The Sympathizer (2024), based on the novel of the same name, features the fall of Saigon.