Names of Ho Chi Minh City Mekong Delta for centuries. The city was known as "Prey Nôkôr" () to the Khmer Empire, which likely maintained a settlement centuries before its rise in the 11th and 12th centuries. The most popular interpretation of the name, and one supported by former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk, suggests that the name means "forest city" or "forest kingdom"—"prey" meaning forest or jungle, and "nôkôr" being a Khmer word of Sanskrit origin meaning city or kingdom. The name "Krŭng Prey Nôkôr" (; "Prey Nôkôr City") is currently used to refer to Ho Chi Minh City in the Khmer language. Beginning in the
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