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The fall of Saigon [9] was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam on 30 April 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the collapse of the South Vietnamese state, leading to a transition period and the formal reunification of Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam under communist rule on 2 ...
Ho Chi Minh City ( HCMC; Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh ), commonly referred to by its former name Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn ), is the most populous city in Vietnam, with a population of around 10 million in 2023. [7] The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the eponymously-named Saigon River is the largest.
Brian Daniel Carenard (born July 13, 1977), better known by his stage name Saigon, is an American rapper. [2] After years of delay due to former record label interference his debut album The Greatest Story Never Told (2011) was released on Suburban Noize Records. [3] He is also known for his appearances on the HBO television series Entourage .
Hồ Chí Minh [a] [b] ( né Nguyễn Sinh Cung; [c] [d] [e] [3] [4] 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), [f] colloquially known as Uncle Ho ( Bác Hồ) or just Uncle ( Bác ), [g] [7] and by other aliases [h] and sobriquets, [i] was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary, nationalist, and politician. He served as prime minister of the Democratic ...
On September 2, 1945, at Duc Anh Ba Đình Square, Ho Chi Minh, leader of the Viet Minh organization, declared Vietnam's independence under the new name of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN) in a speech that invoked the United States Declaration of Independence and the French Revolution 's Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
Articles relating to the city of Saigon from its renaming by the Second French Empire during the Cochinchina Campaign (1858-1862) to its renaming into Ho Chi Minh City in 1976. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Saigon is the former name of Ho Chi Minh City, the current most populous city in Vietnam. The Sài Gòn name is still used in Vietnamese lingo. Saigon may also refer to: Saigon (mango), a seedling race of mango cultivars. Saigon (rapper) (born 1977), American hip hop artist. Saigon (Grey novel), a 1982 novel by Anthony Grey.
The United States Embassy in Saigon was first established in June 1952, and moved into a new building in 1967 and eventually closed in 1975. The embassy was the scene of a number of significant events of the Vietnam War, most notably the Viet Cong attack during the Tet Offensive which helped turn American public opinion against the war, and the ...