Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)

the concrete jungle of Saigon (2008)
photo by Wikipedia user ntt

Ho Chi Minh City, also known as Saigon, is the largest city of Vietnam. It is located just north of the Mekong Delta.

The city is infamous for its crazy traffic (motorbikes) and one of the biggest challenges in southeast Asia - crossing a main road at rush hour. Spending time in Saigon you can feel the power of a growing metropolis. Everybody is moving and everybody seems to be moving on a motorbike. The city is also a shopping paradise.

Wikitravel says:

Following the Fall of Saigon in 1975, Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City. However the old Saigon moniker is still used by both Vietnamese and foreigners, especially when referring to the most central part of the city, to which most tourists flock.
The helpful, Tourist Information Center (4G 4H Le Loi St, District 1. Tel (84-8) 822 6033) can be found on the northeast corner of the roundabout at the intersection of Le Loi and Nguyen Hue, right in the heart of the city. It’s a great place to pick up a free map (which includes a map of Hanoi, as well) and get an idea of what the city and surrounding area has to offer.

Wikipedia says:
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) is the largest city in Vietnam. Under the name Prey Nokor it was the main port of Cambodia, before being annexed by the Vietnamese in the 17th century. Under the name Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn), it was the capital of the French colony of Cochinchina and later of the independent state of South Vietnam from 1954 to 1975. In 1976, Saigon merged with the surrounding province of Gia Định and was officially renamed Hồ Chí Minh City (although the name Sài Gòn - formally known as District 1 - is still commonly used.) ... read more