Full Version: which name do u like better?
saigon or ho chi minh city?
Saigon
Hồ Chí Minh City, Saigon is the past, the past shouldn't be mixed with present.
Despite the official name, almost everyone still calls it Saigon even northerners
Saigon. Ho Chi Minh city is too long to say
saigon
SaiGon 
i'm surprised there's still so many people that prefer ho chi minh city
I prefer Prey Nokor 
QUOTE (thewiseguy @ May 10 2011, 07:10 AM) 
I prefer Prey Nokor
no way jose
QUOTE (FieryOFTheEast @ May 10 2011, 03:14 PM)
no way jose
Why not? I'm sure the Khmer Kroms like that name.
QUOTE (KraterosHellas @ May 10 2011, 07:37 AM)
i'm surprised there's still so many people that prefer ho chi minh city
yes its is a pround name, why are you suprised?
well its still hard to believe that there is patriot oversea vietnamese and that just make me shed tears...
Actually...
i prefer My name + City.
HCM City is the only Vietnamese city that is named after a person. Traditionally, Vietnamese name our cities based on their geological location or function (e.g. Ha Noi: river interior; Hai Phong: coastal defense,...). Only under Russian influence (Stalingrad, Leningrad,...) that we began naming city after people.
Definitely Saigon!
What does Saigon mean? a Mon-Khmeric name?
You don't see China having a city called Mao Zedong City.
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