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| Panorama view of Ho Chi Minh City Hall Photo was taken through Iphone |
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - My recent business trip to this city was in October 2012, two years after I first came in 2010. The business operation of our company is not big so it is only visited once every two years. Things were the same when I first came. But I noticed that buildings are continuously sprouting which means to investors confidence in the country. However, the city does not have metro train system yet.
While Hanoi is the capital city of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh city remained the financial and business center in the country. Most head offices of multinational companies are here. Ho Chi Minh City, formerly named Saigon, is the largest city in Vietnam.
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| Business district in Ho Chi Minh city Photo was taken through Iphone |
According to wikipedia.com, Ho Chi Minh City under the name Saigon, was the capital of the French colony of Cochin-china and later of the independent republic of South Vietnam from 1955–75. South Vietnam, as an anti-communist, capitalist republic, fought against the communist North Vietnamese and Viet Cong during the Vietnam War. Saigon fell when it was captured by the communists on 30 April 1975, ending the war with a Communist victory. Vietnam was then turned into a communist state with the South overtaken. On July 2, 1976, Saigon merged with the surrounding Gia Định Province and was officially renamed Ho Chi Minh City after Hồ Chí Minh (although the name Sài Gòn is still commonly used).
The metropolitan area, which consists of the Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area, Thủ Dầu Một, Dĩ An, Biên Hòa and surrounding towns, is populated by more than 9,000,000 people, making it the most populous metropolitan area in Vietnam.
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| Chicken Noodle soup Photo was taken through Iphone |
Similar to its neighbor country, Thailand, Vietnam is also famous for tourist attractions, food and shopping. One of the famous cuisine in Vietnam is Pho. According to wikipedia.com, Pho is a Vietnamese dish consisting of broth, noodles made from rice, a few herbs, and meat. It is a popular street dish, and the specialty of several restaurant chains. The two main varieties are chicken pho and beef pho. There is also Saigon-style pho (sweetened) and Hanoi-style pho (no sugar). The word "pho" may be derived from French pot-au-feu (beef stew).
We stayed in Vietnam for more than 2 weeks. Though I was not feeling well on certain days of the assignment, it was an enjoyable trip after all as we were able to shop at the market and eat authentic Vietnamese food.
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