Ho Chi Minh City

American  

noun

1. a seaport in S Vietnam.

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Ho Chi Minh City British  

noun

1. Former name (until 1976): Saigon.  a port in S Vietnam, 97 km (60 miles) from the South China Sea, on the Saigon River: captured by the French in 1859; merged with adjoining Cholon in 1932; capital of the former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) from 1954 to 1976; university (1917); US headquarters during the Vietnam War. Pop: 5 030 000 (2005 est)

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Ho Chi Minh City Cultural  

1. Present name of Saigon, Vietnam, named for the revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh.

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Example Sentences

Over the whine of buzzsaws and the steady whir of sanders, hundreds of Vietnamese workers in a factory outside Ho Chi Minh City hustle to fill orders for high-end furniture.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

Norriss runs a clothing factory outside of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, that makes millions of T-shirts and sweaters a year for celebrated streetwear brands like Stussy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

The Trump Organization is also scouting for locations to build a Trump Tower in Ho Chi Minh City.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

Five years ago, when a student from a rural region of the Mekong Delta earned a full scholarship to an international university in Ho Chi Minh City, it seemed like a dream come true.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2025

The responses had been mostly fraudulent, but Ho Chi Minh City had finally paid off.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer