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- Quiet and Secure Area of the City
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- Friendly and Accepting Neighborhood

Vietnam The Country

In 1976, Vietnam was officially unified and renamed Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRVN), with its capital in Hà Nội.

In 1980, cosmonaut Phạm Tuân became the first Vietnamese person and the first Asian to go into space, traveling on the Soviet Soyuz 37 to service the Salyut 6 space station.

In 1986, the Communist Party of Vietnam changed its economic policy and began reforms of the private sector. Vietnam has enjoyed substantial economic growth.

1986: Vietnamese government launches Doi Moi ("renew" or "open-door") policy.

1995: Washington and Hanoi normalize relations. Hanoi joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), an organization founded in 1967 as a bulwark against communism.

2000: President Clinton becomes the first U.S. president to visit Vietnam.

2003: The U.S. Navy missile frigate USS Vandergrift docks in the port of Ho Chi Minh City-becoming the first U.S. ship to dock in Vietnam since the end of the war.

Ho Chi Minh City Saigon

Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam..

Under the name Saigon it was the capital of the French colony of Cochinchina and later of the independent state of South Vietnam from 1954 to 1975.

In 1976, Saigon merged with the surrounding province of Gia Định and was officially renamed Hồ Chí Minh City (although the name Sài Gòn - formally known as District 1 - is still commonly used.)

The metropolitan area, which consists of Hồ Chí Minh City metro area, Thủ Dầu Một, Di An, Bien Hoa and surrounding towns, is populated by more than 9 million people, making it the most populous metropolitan area in Vietnam.

The official name of Saigon is now Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, abbreviated Tp. HCM. In English this is translated as Ho Chi Minh City, abbreviated HCMC.

Sài Gòn is still the most common way to refer to the city in conversation inside Vietnam. Sài Gòn is used officially to refer to District 1, for example in bus destinations. The name is also found in company names, book titles and even on airport departure boards (the code for Tan Son Nhat International Airport is SGN).

Ho Chi Minh City District 3 (Q3)

District 3 has14 wards and is approximately 4.92 square kilometers in size and has a population of approximately 200,000 people.

Among some of the attractions in District 3 are:
- War Remnants Museum (Displays of the war in Vietnam)
- Water Puppet Theatre (Traditional Vietnamese Art Form)
- Xa Loi Pagoda (Historic Buddhist Temple)
- Srec Tower (22 story luxary skyscraper)