My Saigon

When it comes to the city’s moniker, the people here prefer ‘Saigon’ to ‘Ho Chi Minh City’ since ‘Saigon’ evokes greater emotion and connection to the city’s history. As an introduction, may I take the liberty of quoting researcher and Professor Nguyen Dinh Dau’s statement that if there were no Saigon, the innovative and integrated Vietnam we know today wouldn’t exist.

"I often wonder how long Saigon has been a land for ‘đất lành chim đậu’ – which means ‘birds perch on the good land,’ in order to indicate the huge tide of immigration from the countryside to the city."

"Am I too young to talk about Saigon? Have I experienced enough to perceive Saigon for what it is? I’m not sure, but as a Saigon-addict, I do understand one basic thing: Saigonese do not rest on their laurels, living as they once lived - they live as they have never lived before."

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