Official subreddit dedicated to the city of Saigon, Vietnam and the little Saigon's located all over the world.

Old people tend to used Saigon to talk about a specific location in Ho Chi Minh City, like where it used to be Saigon before city and districts expand. Ho Chi Minh City used to be smaller.

I know that Saigon was the previous name before being renamed to Ho Chi Minh City after the Vietnam war. My mother, born in the south of Vietnam, and some of my relatives in Vietnam …

In Saigon, people answered the name is Saigon, but most of them also accept HCMC. A few locals answered, the only name is Saigon, and HCMC is the name given by the North …

Jul 16, 2014 · Saigon is the former name of the biggest city in Vietnam - now called "Ho Chi Minh City." There's history about it being anti-communist along with the rest of South Vietnam but …

Saigon is not without it's charm but Hanoi is a beautiful city, so much historical places to explore and the old quarter has one of the best night time atmospheres I have found on my travels. …

Saigon is loads more fun and international and delivers much better versions of the Viet food that was exported abroad. Hanoi is the cultural and political capital with a lot of quasi-old stuff to …

I use "Saigon" in casual conversation and "Ho Chi Minh City" in all formal communications or during interviews or while speaking to someone in office. On envelopes it's TP.HCM which is …

Jul 29, 2023 · Saigon today is very similar to any modern large Asian city, so it basically has everything, but it also doesn't feel as unique or "Vietnamese" as Hanoi. Hanoi is nice to visit, …

Official subreddit dedicated to the city of Saigon, Vietnam and the little Saigon's located all over the world.