Names of Ho Chi Minh City "ya dingin" or "ya hering", meaning "cool and cold" or "cold and clear", respectively—perhaps referring to the appearance of the area's many waterways. On July 2, 1976, upon the formal establishment of the modern-day Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the new government renamed the city after Hồ Chí Minh, the first leader of North Vietnam. The official name is now "Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh"; "Thành phố" is the Vietnamese word for "city". In English, this is translated as "Ho Chi Minh City"; in French it is translated as "Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville" (the circumflex and hyphens are sometimes omitted). Due to its length,
Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union 22–26 March 1961), they decided to select 26 March 1931 to become the founded date of Ho Chi Minh Labor Youth Union, which is one of six former names of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (Vietnamese: Đoàn Thanh niên Cộng sản Hồ Chí Minh) is the largest social-political organisation of Vietnamese youth. The union is under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The organization was founded in March 26, 1931 and was led and trained by Ho Chi Minh . The Union was founded