Saigon
noun
South Vietnam
noun
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Contemporary Examples of saigon
“When things started to quiet down, my mom put all of us in the car and started to drive to Saigon,” says Carina.
On April 30, 1975, American troops withdrew from Saigon as the city fell to the North Vietnamese.
A few days later, on April 30, General Duong Van Minh surrendered to the Viet Cong and the Fall of Saigon was complete.
More than a decade after she left her mother behind in Saigon, Carina returned to Vietnam to help bring her parents to America.
How could her mother have known what lay ahead as she drove her children into the heart of Saigon on April 29, 1975?
Historical Examples of saigon
It just touched Saigon, and he was likewise seen there once.
VictoryJoseph Conrad
Captain Ringgold gave me his time for leaving there, and also of sailing from Saigon.
Four Young ExplorersOliver Optic
So far as its appearance goes, it might be on the Seine instead of the Saigon.
Where the Strange Trails Go DownE. Alexander Powell
There was a court of appeal at Hanoi, and another at Saigon.
There remained the emigrants, fifty or sixty of whom had spent the night in Saigon.
The Clique of GoldEmile Gaboriau