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 is Saigon River. 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.
Hồ Chí Minh, colloquially known as Uncle Ho or just Uncle, and by other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary, nationalist, and politician. He served as prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1945 to 1955 and as president from 1945 until his death in 1969. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist, he was the Chairman and First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Vietnam, the predecessor of the current Communist Party of Vietnam.
Đồng Nai is a province in the Southeast region of Vietnam, located east and northeast of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). The capital city and the largest city in Đồng Nai is Biên Hòa.
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.
Reunification Day, also known as Victory Day, Liberation Day, or by its official name, Day of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification is a public holiday in Vietnam that marks the event when the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces captured Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, on 30 April 1975, thus ending the Vietnam War. The event marked the start of the transition period of reunification, which also occurred after a vote in the National Assembly for reunification on 2 July 1976, when South Vietnam and North Vietnam were merged, forming the modern-day Vietnam.
Vietnam Railways is the state-owned operator of the railway system in Vietnam. The principal route is the 1,727 km (1,100 mi) single-track North–South Railway line, running between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. This was built at the metre gauge in the 1880s during the French colonial rule. There are also standard gauge lines running from Hanoi to the People’s Republic of China, eventually leading to Beijing, and some mixed gauge in and around Hanoi.
The Ho Chi Minh City Metro is a planned rapid transit system that will serve Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
Television in Vietnam began to appear in the mid-1960s in Saigon, with the appearance of Saigon Television Station. In 1970, in the North, Voice of Vietnam broadcast the first test television program. In the late 1970s, color television was introduced and broadcast experimentally. Today, television in Vietnam is available in many modes of broadcasting, with many national and local channels, broadcast or pay with more than 200 channels available to viewers. Vietnam completed the digital television transitions on December 28, 2020.
The Voice of Vietnam is the Vietnamese national radio broadcaster. Directly run by the government of Vietnam alongside the Vietnam Television (VTV) and the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), VOV is tasked with promoting the policies of the Communist Party and the laws of the state.
Ho Chi Minh City Hall, officially called the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council and People's Committee Head Office, is the city hall of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is located in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City downtown, bounded by Pasteur, Lý Tự Trọng, Đồng Khởi, and Lê Thánh Tôn streets, with its front facade facing Nguyễn Huệ Boulevard square. The building houses the office of the city's Chairman of the People's Committee, Ho Chi Minh City People's Council and various city government departments including Transportation, Natural Resources & Environment, Industry & Trade and Home Affairs within the block.
Saigon University (SGU) is a public university located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The university offers over 30 degree programs through its academic faculties in 3 campuses, including law, business administration, information technology, applied mathematics, environmental science, biotechnology, electrical engineering, psychology, international studies, English language studies, Vietnam studies, library science and pedagogical subjects.
Việt Nam News is an English-language daily print newspaper with offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, published by the Vietnam News Agency, the news service of the government of Vietnam.
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.
Saigon South International School (SSIS) is an international school in Ho Chi Minh City offering a degree program based on US standards for the EC-12 years. It offers both the IB diploma program and AP coursework and is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The school is also a member of East Asian Council of Overseas Schools, National Association of Independent Schools, the Southeast Asia Student Activities Conference (SEASAC), and Mekong River International Schools Association (MRISA).
The city now known as Ho Chi Minh City has gone by several different names during its history, reflecting settlement by different ethnic, cultural and political groups. Originally known as Prey Nôkôr while a part of the Khmer Empire, it came to be dubbed Sài Gòn informally by Vietnamese settlers fleeing the Trịnh–Nguyễn War to the north. In time, control of the city and the area passed to the Vietnamese, who gave the city the name of Gia Định. This name remained until the time of French conquest in the 1860s, when the occupying force adopted the name Saïgon for the city, a westernized form of the traditional Vietnamese name. The current name was given after the Fall of Saigon in 1975, and honors Hồ Chí Minh, the first leader of North Vietnam. Even today, however, the informal name of Sài Gòn remains in daily speech both domestically and internationally, especially among the Vietnamese diaspora and local southern Vietnamese.
Thierry Bernard-Gotteland is a French artist. He lives and works among France and Vietnam.
Japanese School in Ho Chi Minh City (JSHCM) is a Japanese international school in Tan Phu Ward, Phú Mỹ Hung, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was established in 1997.
The tradition of photography started in the 19th century in Vietnam and has since then given rise to modern photography and photojournalism into the 20th century.
A municipal city, commonly known as a city within a city, is a type of second tier subdivision of Vietnam along with urban district, district, town and provincial city, all of which have equal status.
Thủ Đức is a municipal city (sub-city) under the administration of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
