Saigon

[ sahy-gon ]

noun

1. former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.

Saigon

/ saɪˈɡɒn /

noun

1. the former name (until 1976) of Ho Chi Minh City

Saigon

1. City in southern Vietnam ; capital of South Vietnam from 1954 to 1975.

Notes

American and South Vietnamese forces were headquartered in Saigon during the Vietnam War .

A commercial, industrial, and transportation hub of Southeast Asia , Saigon enjoyed rapid growth and cultural prestige as the capital of French Indochina .

Renamed Ho Chi Minh City by the victorious Vietnamese communists in 1976.

Example Sentences

America’s South Vietnamese friends were democratic only in name, and the government in Saigon was notoriously corrupt — just like Western-backed Afghan governments over the past two decades.

From Ozy

Little Saigon, in City Heights, for example, has gotten more attention over the past decade, he said.

From Voice of San Diego

Though I was born two years after the fall of Saigon in southern California, I inherited the grief that my family carried.

From Time

They still remember hearing the news that Saigon had fallen, whether they were among the crowds at the American embassy, at the Tan Son Nhat airport trying to board an overcrowded flight, or at a refugee camp in the Philippines sitting by the radio.

From Time

He witnessed the fall of Saigon in 1975, two years before his retirement, he said.

From Washington Post

“When things started to quiet down, my mom put all of us in the car and started to drive to Saigon,” says Carina.

From The Daily Beast

On April 30, 1975, American troops withdrew from Saigon as the city fell to the North Vietnamese.

From The Daily Beast

A few days later, on April 30, General Duong Van Minh surrendered to the Viet Cong and the Fall of Saigon was complete.

From The Daily Beast

More than a decade after she left her mother behind in Saigon, Carina returned to Vietnam to help bring her parents to America.

From The Daily Beast

How could her mother have known what lay ahead as she drove her children into the heart of Saigon on April 29, 1975?

From The Daily Beast

One morning news reached us that a considerable portion of the French contingent had been dispatched for service in Saigon.

From Project Gutenberg

So he started doggedly southward again, stopping at Saigon and Bangkok and Singapore.

From Project Gutenberg

There are English policemen in Shanghai, and cafs in Saigon.

From Project Gutenberg

It is so here, it is so in Saigon, and would be so on a desert island.

From Project Gutenberg

What he did get, except a bloomin' old dagger, was stolen from him in Saigon.

From Project Gutenberg