Las Vegas Cathedral?

It’s Still Mostly Saigon

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June 22nd 2005
I was really thrown off when we arrived at how much the Vietnamese still call this city Saigon. I expected to hear nothing but “Ho Chi Minh City” in reverence to Uncle Ho and the war. Nope. It’s still mostly Saigon. It’s so much Saigon that I now always refer to it as Saigon. It’s not as much a mouthful as Ho Chi Minh City. And I like the way it sounds better. Saigon is bigger, faster, ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more