On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 11:12:11PM -0800, DJA spake thusly: > So the renaming to Ho Chi Minh City did not take?
It did, especially if you are talking to government officials. > Who besides you and most of us Viet Nam War vets are still calling it > Saigon? The locals, for one. Saigon is what is known as "District 1". And many local people still call the District 1 area Saigon. There are many clubs and shops and restaurants named Saigon-something or another. I was recently told to save my breath and just call it Saigon. But Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC to english speakers or TPHCM to Vietnamese) is the whole area including the old city of Cholon (District 5 iirc aka Chinatown) on the other side of the river. -- Tracy Reed http://ultraviolet.org This message is cryptographically signed for your protection. Info: http://copilotconsulting.com/sig
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