First up, apologies for the cheesy title, but it's not often you actually get to say that from within Vietnam itself! Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), formerly known as Saigon, was renamed after the leader of the North Vietnamese communist party, who eventually won the American/Vietnam War and gained control of South Vietnam. Although now re-united and despite years of bitter fighting between the North and the South, much of the blame and hatred for the war is placed in the direction of the US, who entered the war to assist the Anti-Communist South - an opponent to the spread of Communism from the Chinese-influenced North. 'Uncle Ho', as he is now referred to, is a symbol of Vietnamese patriotism and determination and has many many sights, roads and other memorials named after him across the
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