Ho Chi Minh City
a seaport in S Vietnam.
- Formerly Saigon.
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How to use Ho Chi Minh City in a sentence
Five screens document the five staffers involved in the sober discussions, which took place in Ho Chi Minh City itself.
In addition to Bangkok and the Thai beach resort of Pattaya, I went to Ho Chi Minh City, Danang, Na Trang, and Haiphong.
British Dictionary definitions for Ho Chi Minh City
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: 5 030 000 (2005 est): Former name (until 1976): Saigon
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Cultural definitions for Ho Chi Minh City
[ (hoh chee min) ]
Present name of Saigon, Vietnam, named for the revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh.
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