Ho Chi Minh City (vnm)

Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City ranks 615th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Giessen, Jakarta, and Kenya. Memorable people born in Ho Chi Minh City include Amanda Lear, Marguerite Duras, and Charles Sobhraj. Memorable people who died in Ho Chi Minh City include Ngo Dinh Diem, Thích Quảng Đức, and Nguyễn Hữu Thọ. Ho Chi Minh City has been the birth place of many actors and politicians and the death place of many politicians and musicians. Ho Chi Minh City is located in Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh City, commonly known as Saigon, is the most populous city in Vietnam, with a population of around 9.3 million in 2023. The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the eponymously-named Saigon River is the largest. As a municipality, Ho Chi Minh City consists of 16 urban districts, five rural districts, and one municipal city (sub-city). As the largest financial centre in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City has the highest gross regional domestic product out of all Vietnam provinces and municipalities, contributing around a quarter of the country's total GDP. Ho Chi Minh City's metropolitan area is ASEAN's 6th largest economy, also the biggest outside an ASEAN country capital. Read more on Wikipedia