2006-07-13 22:19:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Vietnam ➔ Other - Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City was known by its original Khmer inhabitants as Prey Nokor... Prey Nokor means "forest city" or "forest land" in Khmer...
Before French colonization, the Vietnamese name of Saigon was Gia Dinh... In 1862, the French discarded this official name and adopted "Saïgon"...
After the fall of South Vietnam in 1975, the now ruling communist government renamed the city after the pseudonym of their leader Hồ Chí Minh.
2006-07-14 07:49:30 · answer #1 · answered by Handsome 6 · 9⤊ 2⤋
Ho Chi Minh City, population of about 3.5 million people in the city proper and nearly 6 million within the surrounding districts, is the economic and modern cultural center of Vietnam today. After the reunification of Vietnam in May of 1975, Saigon was formally renamed Than Pho (meaning city) Ho Chi Minh after the revolutionary leader of the communist party, but many Vietnamese still refer to the city as Saigon.
2006-07-14 15:29:53 · answer #2 · answered by ZenZ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the city was originally under Cambodia and was called Prey Nokor until it was taken over by Vietnam in the 16th century, and was renamed Saigon after the Vietnam War it was named Ho Chi Minh City.
2006-07-14 05:33:27 · answer #3 · answered by welsh lizard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saigon
2006-07-14 22:43:37 · answer #4 · answered by I Like Hột Vịt Lộn! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saigon
2006-07-14 05:23:17 · answer #5 · answered by HP 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saigon
2006-07-14 05:22:12 · answer #6 · answered by DL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saigon.
2006-07-14 05:23:58 · answer #7 · answered by peanutz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
freddy.
2006-07-14 05:21:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋