Saigon cultural definition

City in southern Vietnam; capital of South Vietnam from 1954 to 1975.

• A commercial, industrial, and transportation hub of Southeast Asia, Saigon enjoyed rapid growth and cultural prestige as the capital of French Indochina.
• American and South Vietnamese forces were headquartered in Saigon during the Vietnam War.
• Renamed Ho Chi Minh City by the victorious Vietnamese communists in 1976.