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Ho Chi Minh (Saigon)

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Demographics

 The population of Ho Chi Minh City (as of 2003) is believed to be around 6 million, making it the most populous city in the country. It is also the most populous of Vietnam's province-level administrative units. Ethnically, the majority of the population is either Vietnamese (Kinh) or Hoa (overseas Chinese), although people from other Vietnamese minorities have also moved to the city.

History

 Saigon began as a small fishing village. The area that the city now occupies was originally swampland, and was probably inhabited by Khmer peoples before the arrival of the Vietnamese.
 Nguyen Phuc Chu, a Vietnamese noble, was sent to establish administrative structures in the area in 1698. He is often credited with the expansion of Saigon into a significant settlement. The city was also influenced by the French during their colonial occupation of Vietnam, and a number of prominent buildings in the city reflect this.
 In 1954, the French were defeated by the Communist Viet Minh in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, and withdrew from Vietnam. Rather than recognise the Communists as the new government, however, they gave their backing to a government established by Emperor Bao Dai. Bao Dai had set up Saigon as his capital in 1950. When Vietnam was officially partitioned into North Vietnam (the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (the Republic of Vietnam), the southern government, led by President Ngo Dinh Diem, retained Saigon as its capital.
 At the conclusion of the Vietnam War in 1975, the city came under the control of the North Vietnamese Army and its allies. In the U.S. this event is commonly called the "Fall of Saigon," while in Vietnam it is called the "Liberation of Saigon."
 In 1976, upon establishment of the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the victorious Communists renamed the city after socialist Vietnam's founding father, Ho Chi Minh. The former name Saigon is still used by most Vietnamese, especially in informal contexts. Officially, the term Saigon refers only to District One of Ho Chi Minh City.
 Ho Chi Minh City is home to a well-established ethnic Chinese population. The Cholon district serves as its Chinatown.

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Hostels in Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) Vietnam
Vuong Hoa 36D Bui Vien Tel. 836-9491 thuavu50@hotmail.com Ho Chi Minh	Tan Thanh Thanh Hotel 205 D Pham Ngu Lao Tel. 837-3595 thanhthanhthanh@hcm.fpt.vn Ho Chi Minh
Bich Thuy Guesthouse 5 D Do Quang Dau Tel. 836-9953 phucgreyhair@hotmail.com Ho Chi Minh	Mai Phai Hotel 209 D Pham Ngu Lao Tel. 836-5868 hotel@saigonnet.vn Ho Chi Minh

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