Names of Ho Chi Minh City Names of Ho Chi Minh City The city now known as Ho Chi Minh City ( ), or Saigon (its antecedent), has gone by several different names during its history, reflecting settlement by different ethnic, cultural and political groups. Originally known as "Prey Nôkôr" while a part of the Khmer Empire, it came to be dubbed "Sài Gòn" () informally by Vietnamese settlers fleeing the Trịnh–Nguyễn War to the north. In time, control of the city and the area passed to the Vietnamese, who gave the city the name of "Gia Định". This name remained until the time of French
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