[cba123]

It is called Saigon by a lot of people who grew up here. There are still lots of places with the name.

People from the northern parts of the country, and maps and such say Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh. I also do, my wife has most of her family (though just over half) from the north, so I refer to it as Ho Chi Minh City.

They’re not real hung up about such things, though. I have never been corrected either way.

There was a period of time following the war, when things were quite opposite, but now it seems to have turned around quite remarkably.

Even up north, there is MUCH more attention paid to making sure you are properly documented if you are here visiting, but the way one of the guys from my wife’s village explained it to me, they just want to be sure I had good intentions.

I did, so it wasn’t any sort of issue.

I really think this is the time, for companies to come here.

It is quite remarkable.

I have lived here now, almost four years.

In all of that time, I have I think, met TWO racist Vietnamese.

Really.

It is quite remarkable.

Unlike any other place I have been.

[Mark17]

I guess they never changed the name of Bien Hoa, where I was. I see on Google Earth, that the parallel runways are still there. I would suspect they are still using them. I put MANY an aircraft down on those runways. I have been in the Philippines for 6 years now. English is very common. These people have never forgotten that MacArthur said he would return.

[ThanhPhero]

I love it there and would stay if my wife were able to take the plane ride. I stay with a family in Cam Đức near Nha Trang. I fronted my friend with the seed money that showed he had a "rich American" backer and he got a loan from the tiệm vàng where I go to dịch tiền. The front room is mine.

[Bookshelf]

Is Chinatown still called Cho Long?