The statement is true. The North Vietnamese Army occupied the Presidential Palace in Saigon in April, 1975. Their first official act was to rename the city after former North Vietnam President Ho Chi Minh. Locals today still call the city Sai Gon. The airport three-letter designator remains SGN to this day.
Yes. Many locals still refer to it as Saigon, though, and the airport code is SGN.
Saigon was renamed as Ho Chi Minh City
The South Vietnamese capital Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh city in honour of him.
Saigon was renamed for HO CHI MINH, the first leader of North Vietnam and an ardent campaigner for Vietnamese Unification. However, even though the city has been renamed Ho Chi Minh City on most official maps and in official Vietnamese correspondence, most Vietnamese still call the city Saigon.
Saigon is in South Vietnam - below China _____________ Saigon and South Vietnam no longer exist. South and North Vietnam were merged into Vietnam and Saigon was renamed to Ho-Chi-Minh City or Thanh-pho Ho-Chi-Minh. It is located at 10.45 N Latitude and 106.40 E Longitude.
District 1 of Ho Chi Minh city is Saigon
The capital of South Vietnam before the Vietnam War is Saigon. It is still used today, but Ho Chi Minh City is more common these days.
Saigon became Ho Chi Minh City. It was named after the former Chairman of North Vietnam. He had served for most of the war with the South.
It is now calledHo Chi Minh City.
First it was called Saigon, now it is named Ho Chi Min city.
Ho Chi Minh City is: The Largest City in Vietnam. Once the Capital of South Vietnam (was named Saigon) Refered to as Saigon by Vietnamese Americans.
Saigon was the capital of the Republic of Vietnam, or "South Vietnam." It is now Ho Chi Minh City. Hanoi was the capital of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, or "North Vietnam." It is now the capital of the whole nation.
Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) .