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HO CHI MINH, THE LARGEST CITY IN VIETNAM
Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam and is located near the Mekong River delta. In 1975, Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City. The city center is situated on the banks of the Saigon River, 60 km from the South China Sea. Ho Chi Minh City began as a small fishing village known as Prey Nokor. In time, Prey Nokor became known as Saigon.Beo Ðei had set up Saigon as his capital in 1950. At that time Saigon and the city of Cholon (Che Len), which was inhabited primarily by Vietnamese Chinese, were combined into one administrative unit, called the Capital of Saigon (Ðô Thành Sài Gòn in Vietnamese). When Vietnam was officially partitioned into North Vietnam (the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (the Republic of Vietnam), the southern government, led by President Ngô Ðình Diem, retained Saigon as its capital.
At the conclusion of the Vietnam War, on April 30, 1975, the city came under the control of the Vietnam People's Army. In 1976, upon the establishment of the unified communist Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the city of Saigon (including Cholon), the province of Gia Ðenh and 2 suburban districts of two other nearby provinces were combined to create He Chí Minh City in honour of the late communist leader He Chí Minh. Generally, the term Saigon refers only to the urban districts of He Chí Minh City. In terms like "Saigon Fashion" or "Saigon Style" the word "Saigon" is employed to connote chicness and modernity.
Today, the city's core is still adorned with wide elegant boulevards and historic French colonial buildings. The most prominent structures in the city center are Reunification Hall (Dinh Theng Nhet), City Hall (Uy ban Nhan dan), Municipal Theater (Nha hat Thanh pho), Post Office (Buu dien Thanh Pho), Revolutionary Museum (Bao tang Cach mang), State Bank Office (Ngan hang Nha nuoc), People's Court (Toa an Nhan dan) and Notre Dame Cathedral (Nhà the Ðec Bà).
Ho Chi Minh City is home to a well-established ethnic Chinese population. The two most prominent projects are the Thu Thiem city center in district 2 and the Phu My Hung New City Center in district 7.
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