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11 unusual facts about Hồ Chí Minh City


2005 Ho Chi Minh City Open

The 2005 Shanghai/Ho Chi Minh City/Mumbai/Bangalore Open was an ATP tournament in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and played on outdoor hard courts.

Doug Chiang

He recently founded DC Studios and is working as creator for the upcoming, Robota with Sparx Animation Studios in Ho Chi Minh City.

Harold Davies, Baron Davies of Leek

Appointed to junior office by Harold Wilson, Davies made headlines when Wilson despatched him on a "secret" mission to Hanoi.

High School for the Gifted

Established in 1996, the school is an affiliated school to Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (National University of Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City).

Paris of the Orient

Ho Chi Minh City, given this nickname when the city was known as Saigon

Renaissance International School Saigon

The Renaissance International School Saigon (RISS) is a private school in the suburbs of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Saigon Hi-Tech Park

The Saigon Hi-Tech Park (abbr.: SHTP) is a park for high technology enterprises located 15 km from downtown Ho Chi Minh City, opposite to Thu Duc University Village, along the Hanoi Highway and on the future line 1 of the HCMC metro (2014).

Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens

Located on Nguyen Binh Khiem Street in District 1, T.P. in Ho Chi Minh City, it is home to over a hundred species of mammals, reptiles and birds, as well as many rare orchids and ornamental plants.

Transportation in the Philippines

After offering low fares to domestic destinations, Cebu Pacific launched its international operations on November 2001 and now flies to Bangkok, Busan, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Macau, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Taipei.

Ulagampatti

Nagarathars, (also known as Chettiars), were an important trading class of 19th and 20th century South East Asia and spread to Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malayasia, Singapore, Java, Sumatra, and Ho Chi Minh City.

Ung Thị

Ung Thị (14 October 1913 - 10 February 2001) was a prominent Vietnamese business man who, together with his wife Nguyen Thi Nguyet Nga, built and operated the Rex Hotel and Cinema in Ho Chi Minh City.


2005 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships

The 23rd edition of the Men's Asian Amateur Boxing Championships were held from August 29 to September 4, 2005 in Pan Dinh Phung Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

62d Airlift Wing

62 AW personnel delivered relief supplies to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam following torrential following spawned by Typhoon Linda in 1997.

Bình Dương Province

The southern Dĩ An and Thuận An wards are highly urbanised and are now encompassed within the Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area.

Citibank Vietnam

Citibank was the first US financial institution to receive a branch license and the first US bank to open a full branch in Hanoi in 1994, followed by another in Ho Chi Minh City in 1998.

Danang Hi-tech Park

After the other two Hi-Tech Parks in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Danang Hi-Tech Park is the third one of the whole country.

Đỗ Thị Ninh

She is one of the generation of artists which emerged, aged then 45-55 in the early 1980s which included Đặng Thị Khuê (1946-), Đỗ Sơn (1943-, military artist), Lương Xuân Đoàn (1952-), Nguyễn Xuân Tiệp (1956-), Nguyễn Bảo Toàn (1950-) in Hanoi, Nguyễn Trung (1941), Đỗ Quang Em (1942-), Ca Lê Thắng (1949-), Đào Minh Tri (1949-), Nguyễn Thân (1948-) in Hồ Chí Minh City, Bửu Chi (1948-) and Hoàng Đăng Nhuận (1942-) in Huế.

Đồng Tháp Province

Đồng Tháp is 165 km away from Ho Chi Minh City, bordered by Pray Veng Province (Cambodia) in the north with a length of more than 48 km; Vĩnh Long and Cần Thơ in the south; An Giang in the west; and Long An and Tiền Giang in the east.

Huỳnh Quang Thanh

Huỳnh Quang Thanh (born on October 10, 1984 in Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese footballer who is a defender for Becamex Bình Dương.

Les Vergers du Mekong

The headquarters are based in Ho Chi Minh City and several branches have been established over the years in Hanoi, Nha Trang, Danang and Phnom Penh.

Mekong Delta

The Mekong Delta, as a region, lies immediately to the west of Ho Chi Minh City(formerly known as Saigon), roughly forming a triangle stretching from Mỹ Tho in the east to Châu Đốc and Hà Tiên in the northwest, down to Cà Mau and the South China Sea at the southernmost tip of Vietnam, and including the island of Phú Quốc.

Quốc Học – Huế High School for the Gifted

Other schools include Chu Van An High School in Hanoi and Lê Hồng Phong High School in Ho Chi Minh City.

Southern Vietnam

The largest city in the South is Ho Chi Minh City, the nation's largest city, other major cities include Cần Thơ, Biên Hòa.

Thái Bình Province

Some Thái Bình people are among the richest in Vietnam, including Vũ Quang Hội who is the founder of Bitexco group (who owns Bitexco Financial Tower in Ho Chi Minh City, The Manor luxury building in Hanoi, etc.), Vu Van Tien, founder of Geleximco - the largest private company in Hanoi and AB Bank, a large private bank.

Transport in Vietnam

As part of plans established by ASEAN, however, two new railways are under development: one branch connecting Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and one connecting the North–South Railway to Thakhek in Laos.

Viet and Duc Nguyen

On October 4, 1988, Viet and Duc were separated in the hospital in Ho Chi Minh City with the help of the Japanese Red Cross after Viet went into a coma.

Vietnam Airlines Flight 815

Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 was a scheduled Vietnam Airlines flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh's Pochentong Airport.

Vietnam Securities Indexes

Vietnam Securities Indexes (formerly CBV Index), Vietnam's first free float market capitalization weighted indexes, are Vietnam's first equity indexes that compose all stocks listed on the two exchanges in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnamese art

In the early 20th century, the École Supérieure des Beaux Arts de l’Indochine (Indochina College of Arts) was founded to teach European methods and exercised influence mostly in the larger cities, such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.