HO Chi Minh City |
Telephone code : (84. |
HO Chi Minh City |
Telephone code : (84. |
Ho Chi Minh City (Former name Saigon) - The French nickname their dear city, “Pearl of the far East”. Chinese immigrants call it “Cho Lon”, meaning “Big market”.
The Communist government renamed Saigon “Ho Chi Minh city” after the nationalistic revolutionary. With many names and a population of 9 million, Ho Chi Minh city rises as the juvenile leader of all Vietnamese cities.
Unlike the old dame Hanoi slow, antique, reserved lifestyle, Ho Chi Minh city goes all out in the modern lifestyle. The city is always in a hurry: bustling, noisy, singing, e...
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President: Bronislaw Komorowski (2010) Prime Minister: Donald Tusk (2007) Land area: 117,571 sq mi (304,509 sq km); total area: 120,728 sq mi (312,685 sq km) Population (2010 est.): 38,463,689 (growth rate: –0.05%); birth rate: 10.0/1000; infant mortality rate: 6.6/1000; life expectancy: 75.8; density per sq mi: 328 Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Warsaw, 2,201,... |