Southeast Asia

Hi Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam. Under the name Saigon, it was the capital of the French colony of Cochin-china and later of the independent republic of South Vietnam from 1955-1975. South Vietnam, as an anti-communist, capitalist republic, fought against the communist North Vietnamese and Viet Cong during the Vietnam war, with aid from the United States and countries including Australia, New Zealand and South Korea. Saigon fell when it was captured by the on April 30, 1975 ending the war with a communist victory. Vietnam was then turned into a communist state with the south overtaken. On July 2, 1976, Saigon merged with the surrounding Gia Dihn Province and was officially renamed Ho Chi Minh - although the. Ame Sái Gón is still widely used.Leer más