Names of Ho Chi Minh City taking up residence in North America, Western Europe, and Australia. The majority are opposed to the existing government of Vietnam, and, in many cases, view Hồ Chí Minh as a dictator who ruined Vietnam by starting the war with the South Vietnam. As a result, they generally do not recognize the name "Hồ Chí Minh City", and will only refer to the city as "Sài Gòn", the previous official name of the 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
Ho Chi Minh Highway Ho Chi Minh Highway Ho Chi Minh Road or Ho Chi Minh Highway () is a highway in Vietnam. It runs from the north to the south of Vietnam, west of National Route 1A. The highway was named after Hồ Chí Minh. The route roughly coincides with the Ho Chi Minh trail during the Vietnam War. It is a two-lane highway and is planned to become an 8-lane highway and it will connect Cao Bằng Province by the Sino-Vietnamese border to Cà Mau Province with the total length of 3,167 km. As of 2007, this road runs from Hoa Lac