Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), formerly named and still also referred to as Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn), is the largest city in Vietnam. It was once known as Prey Nokor (Khmer: ព្រៃនគរ), 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 independ
ent republic of South Vietnam 1955–75. On 2 July 1976, Saigon merged with the surrounding Gia Định Province and was officially renamed Ho Chi Minh City after revolutionary leader Hồ Chí Minh (although the name Sài Gòn is still unofficially widely used). The metropolitan area, which consists of the Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area, Thủ Dầu Một, Biên Hòa, Vũng Tàu, Dĩ An, Thuận An and surrounding towns, is populated by more than 10 million people, making it the most populous metropolitan area in Vietnam. The Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area, a metropolitan area covering most parts of the south-east region plus Tiền Giang Province and Long An Province under planning, will have an area of 30,000 square kilometres (12,000 sq mi) with a population of 20 million inhabitants by 2020. According to the Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Economist Intelligence Unit and ECA International, Ho Chi Minh City is ranked 132 on the list of the world's most expensive cities. Donec sagittis dolor ut quam pharetra pretium varius in nibh. Donec imperdiet, velit vel adipiscing bibendum, leo eros tristique augue, eu rutrum lacus sapien vel quam. Nam orci arcu, luctus quis vestibulum ut, ullamcorper ut enim. Morbi semper erat quis orci aliquet condimentum. Nam interdum mauris sed massa dignissim rhoncus. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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