Ho Chi Minh City, also known as Saigon, is the most populous city in Vietnam, with a population of around 10 million in 2023. The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest Saigon River is named after. As a municipality, Ho Chi Minh City consists of 16 urban districts, five rural districts, and one municipal city (sub-city). As the largest financial centre in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City has the highest gross regional domestic product out of all Vietnam provinces and municipalities, contributing around a quarter of the country's total GDP. Ho Chi Minh City's metropolitan area is ASEAN's 6th largest economy, also the biggest outside an ASEAN country capital.
Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport is an international airport serving Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous city in Vietnam. The airport is located in the Tân Bình district within the Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area.
The Ho Chi Minh City Metro is a planned rapid transit system that will serve Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area is a 6.57 km2 (1,620-acre) urban redevelopment project in Thủ Đức City, Ho Chi Minh City. It is currently under construction.
District 2 is a former urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. As of 2010, the district had a population of 140,621 and a total area of 50 km².
Tuổi Trẻ is a major daily newspaper in Vietnam, published in Vietnamese by the Hồ Chí Minh City branch of the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union, the youth wing of the Communist Party of Vietnam. While it is still the official mouthpiece of that organization, it has grown to become the largest newspaper in the country. As of 2007 its daily circulation was 450,000.
The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Vietnam is the Vietnamese branch of the Australian university Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. It has three campuses located in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and Danang.
The North–South Expressway East is an expressway in Vietnam located very close to National Route 1, acting as an artery traversing the entirety of Vietnam from North to South. Similar to National Route 1, the expressway starts from Lạng Sơn and ends at Cà Mau. At the northern border, the expressway will connect to Nanning-Youyiguan Expressway in China.
Phạm Thị Hương is a Vietnamese model, college lecturer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 on October 3, 2015, at Crown Convention Center, Nha Trang City, Vietnam. She represented Vietnam at Miss Universe 2015 but unplaced.
Vietcombank or formally the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam is a major commercial bank in Vietnam.
Horst Joachim Franz Geicke is a German-born entrepreneur, investor and official in Asia who has lived in Hong Kong and Vietnam since the 1980s. In Hong Kong, he is co-founder, partner and former executive chairman of the investment firm PAG and known as chairman of the German and the European Chamber of Commerce. In Vietnam, he is investor, chairman and CEO of the Deutsches Haus Ho Chi Minh City and known as founder and executive chairman of the VinaCapital Group.
Vingroup Joint Stock Company is a Vietnamese conglomerate headquartered in Long Bien district, Hanoi. Vingroup is one of the largest conglomerates of Vietnam, focusing on technology, industry, real estate development, retail and services from healthcare to hospitality. As of 2022, the revenue of Vingroup and its subsidiaries was almost 1.1% of the GDP of Vietnam.
The Expressway network of Vietnam is a recent addition to the transport network of Vietnam. The first expressways were opened in the early-2000s, by 2020, the expressway network is expected to stretch 1,276 kilometres (793 mi) and plans are for over 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) of expressway by 2030.
Phạm Minh Chính is a Vietnamese politician and former public security lieutenant general. He has served as Prime Minister of Vietnam since 2021, and currently ranks second in the Communist Party after General Secretary Tô Lâm.
Lê Hiền Minh is a Vietnamese artist known for employing a Vietnamese traditional handmade paper called Dó to construct large-scale installations. Her work acts as a bridge between contemporary and traditional Vietnamese art and also between modern and historical Vietnamese culture. She currently lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City.
Võ Văn Thưởng is a Vietnamese politician who served as the 12th president of Vietnam from March 2023 to March 2024, being the youngest person to serve in this position since the country's reunification at the age of 52. His resignation after just over one year in office amidst the Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign made him the shortest-serving president in Vietnamese history.
Bùi Thành Nhơn is a Vietnamese businessman, billionaire and property developer. In 2016, he was listed as the 4th richest man in Vietnam, after Phạm Nhật Vượng, Trịnh Văn Quyết and Trần Đình Long.
Nguyễn Đình Trung is a Vietnamese businessman and property developer. He is the Hung Thinh Corporation's chairman. He was named one of Vietnam's top real estate developers by Forbes Vietnam.
Hồ Thủy Tiên is an abandoned water park in the outskirts of Huế, Vietnam that gained notoriety for its short operational period and dilapidated state, becoming a destination for urban explorers. The Hue city government said in 2022 that it would renovate the park and reopen it in March 2023, but it was later reported that problems had risen and it had not been possible as of August 2023, although it could be visited in its dilapidated and closed condition.
The Vạn Thịnh Phát case, referred to by the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, as the Trương Mỹ Lan and accomplices case, is an economic corruption scandal that was done by the Vạn Thịnh Phát Group joint-stock company. Vạn Thịnh Phát, under the leadership of billionaire Trương Mỹ Lan for over 10 years, defrauded Sai Gon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB).
