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Ho Chi Minh City
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Ho Chi Minh City Formerly Sai·gon  (s-gn)
The largest city of Vietnam, in the southern part of the country near the South China Sea. An ancient Khmer settlement, it was known as Saigon throughout most of its history, serving as the administrative center of French Indochina and, after 1954, as the capital of South Vietnam. The city was renamed after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Population: 4,860,000.
Ho Chi Minh City
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(Placename) a port in S Vietnam, 97 km (60 miles) from the South China Sea, on the Saigon River: captured by the French in 1859; merged with adjoining Cholon in 1932; capital of the former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) from 1954 to 1976; university (1917); US headquarters during the Vietnam War. Pop.: 4 322 300 (1993 est.) Former name (until 1976) Saigon
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Noun1.Ho Chi Minh City - a city in South VietnamHo Chi Minh City - a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina
Saigon
Annam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Viet Nam, Vietnam - a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945
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As credit card market potential has expanded backed by Vietnam's strong economic growth after the country joined the WTO in 2007, JCBI has been actively partnering with a number of banks including Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank, Dong A Commercial Joint Stock Bank, and Sai Gon Thuong Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank.
Vietin Bank Starts Merchant Acquiring for JCB Card in Vietnam by JCN Newswires
So I was totally dumbfounded to discover he paid a visit to Sai Gon and didn't even investigate our delicious desserts.
BiteBack; Just Sai what you want by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Take it from me, when we visited Sai Gon in Aberdeen, the only kitty on the table was the cash for our beers, there was no Cat Stevens on the CD and the nearest we got to dogs was when they played a Spice Girls track.
In the Nam of good food; Clich book at the ready, Tam is in Aberdeen ... by Cowan, Tam / Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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