Ho Chi Minh City (Sai Gon)

Introduction

Ho Chi Minh City also named Sai Gon is one of the two biggest cities in Vietnam. This is the administrative, cultural, commercial south. Ho Chi Minh City to focus a lot of the large commercial centers, markets or entertainment area filled with interesting like parks, cinemas ... The city is also the most important traffic hub of Vietnam, with all the types of traffic: roads, railways, waterways and airways, which makes it very convenient for tourists to visit.

Ho Chi Minh City is considered as a huge energy resources, the expanding trade of Vietnam, the city was dubbed the new child because of age more than 300 years. The people here are pretty friendly and hospitable.With a long history of over 300 years of construction and development, the city's tourism resources are diverse and extensive. Currently the city has about 400 monuments, including 45 heritage listed national level, many museums and other cultural buildings, religious value.
Ho Chi Minh City is full of the cheapest hotels to the most expensive hotels, from simple cafes to restaurants to curb weight, elegant; trade center skyscraper to the crowded market. You can also walk to visit ancient works such as the famous ancient temple next to a series of high-rise modern skyscrapers. These random opposition Saigon has created a beautiful and fascinating.

Ben Thanh night market

 History

Saigon is the former name of Ho Chi Minh City. Previously, Saigon is a place belongs to Cambodia in the 17th century, this period is known as a Saigon port city called Prey Nokor. After the 17th century, Saigon Vietnamese owned after the battle of the Nguyen dynasty (also with the Mekong Delta province). In 1698, Nguyen Huu Canh to obey Lord Nguyen Phuc Chu to explore the land of the South, he chose this land and established the Gia Dinh, marking the beginning of the history of the city. In 1859, French troops occupied Gia Dinh, to lay the foundation of long-term rule, the French construction planning promotion Saigon. They build bustling Saigon with many large, and called Saigon was the capital of Indochina, is called with the name of beauty is the Pearl of the Far East.

Saigon became the capital of the Republic of Vietnam from 1956 until 1975. After the liberation of the South in 1975, Saigon became the largest city of South Vietnam, and was renamed Ho Chi Minh City.