Vietnam: A Vietnamese mandarin, Saigon. Engraving by Etienne Antoine Eugene Ronjat (19 April 1822 - 7 June 1912), 1872. Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, better known as Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn) is the largest city in Vietnam. It was once known as Prey Nokor, an important Khmer sea port prior to annexation by the Vietnamese in the 17th century. Under the name Saigon, it was the capital of the French colony of Cochin-china and later of the independent state of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1975.

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