Ho Chi Minh City

American  

noun

1. a seaport in S Vietnam.

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Ho Chi Minh City British  

noun

1. Former name (until 1976): Saigon.  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)

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Ho Chi Minh City Cultural  

1. Present name of Saigon, Vietnam, named for the revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh.

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Example Sentences

Over the whine of buzzsaws and the steady whir of sanders, hundreds of Vietnamese workers in a factory outside Ho Chi Minh City hustle to fill orders for high-end furniture.

From Barron's

Lam Thanh, 50, who manages a dormitory for workers near one of Ho Chi Minh City's estimated 1,000 courts, says the cacophony is proving to be costly.

From Barron's

On the first day of our trip in Ho Chi Minh City, Jeff and I clung to each other and stepped into the river of nonstop traffic that is a Saigon intersection.

From Salon

They were charged with "violating regulations on the management and use of state assets, causing losses and wastefulness" and were tried in Ho Chi Minh City, where they were arrested in January 2024, VNA said.

From Barron's

High-rise buildings were damaged as far away as Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and homes were damaged in the Ruili area of China.

From Los Angeles Times