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Location:
Asia,
Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City
Category:
City View
Description:
View
of the Saigon Ben Nghe canal as it
feeds into the Saigon River and
flows to the Vietnam Eastern Sea
Location Information:
Ho Chi
Minh City ( Saigon ) is the largest
city in Vietnam. It was once known
as Prey Nokor, an important Khmer
seaport prior to annexation by the
Vietnamese in the 17th century.
Under the name Saigon it was the
capital of the French colony of
Cochinchina and later of the
independent state of South Vietnam
from 1954 to 1975. In 1976, Saigon
merged with the surrounding province
of Gia Định and was officially
renamed Hồ Chí Minh City (although
the name Sài Gòn formally known as
District 1 is still commonly used
The city center is situated on the
banks of the Saigon River, 60
kilometers (37 mi) from the South
China Sea and 1,760 kilometers
(1,094 mi) south of Hanoi, the
capital of Vietnam.
The metropolitan area, which
consists of the Hồ Chí Minh City
metropolitan area, Thủ Dầu Một, Dĩ
An, Biên Hòa and surrounding towns,
is populated by more than 9 million
people, making it the most populous
metropolitan area[5] in Vietnam and
the countries of the former French
Indochina. The Greater Ho Chi Minh
City Metropolitan Area, a
metropolitan area covering most
parts of Đông Nam Bộ plus Tiền Giang
and Long An provinces under planning
will have an area of 30,000 square
kilometers with a population of 20
million inhabitants by 2020
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