Ka cika wannan magana: Kafin 'yan Vietnam su zauna a birnin a ƙarni na 17, birnin ba shi da yawan jama'a sosai kuma ya kasance sashen daular Funan, Champa, da Khmer. Da zuwan Vietnamese, yankin ya zama mafi yawan jama'a kuma jami'ai sun fara kafa birnin daga 1623 zuwa 1698. Bayan da daular Vietnam ta ƙarshe ta ba da ita ga Faransanci a 1862, an karɓi sunan Saigon kuma birni ya sami birni don zama cibiyar kuɗi a yankin. Garin shine babban birnin Kudancin Vietnam har zuwa karshen yakin Vietnam tare da
Nasarar Arewacin Vietnam a shekarar 1975. A shekara ta 1976, gwamnatin hadadden Vietnam ta sake suna Saigon don girmama Ho Chi Minh.