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'''Saigon''', or '''Saïgon''', renamed '''Ho Chi Minh City''' after the North Vietnamese military victory of 1975, is the major urban area of Vietnam. Before the French invasion and colonization of 1859, it was called '''Gia Dinh'''. | '''Saigon''', or '''Saïgon''', renamed '''Ho Chi Minh City''' after the North Vietnamese military victory of 1975, is the major urban area of Vietnam. Before the French invasion and colonization of 1859, it was called '''Gia Dinh'''. | ||
Revision as of 21:38, 2 February 2009
Saigon, or Saïgon, renamed Ho Chi Minh City after the North Vietnamese military victory of 1975, is the major urban area of Vietnam. Before the French invasion and colonization of 1859, it was called Gia Dinh.