Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Can Tho are all municipalities of Vietnam; municipalities are considered to be the highest-ranked cities in the country..
Hanoi (chu Han: ) is the capital city of Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh; French: Ho Chi Minh-Ville) commonly known by its previous name, Saigon, (Vietnamese: Sai Gon; French: Saigon) is the most populous and largest city of Vietnam. Can Tho (standard Vietnamese: [kn t (listen), Southern: [k t) is the fourth-largest city in Vietnam, and the largest city in the Mekong Delta. After 120 years of development, the city now is the delta's most important center of economics, culture, science, and technology. Ho Chi Minh City is the economic center of Vietnam and accounts for a large proportion of the economy of Vietnam. According to a recent ranking by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Hanoi and Saigon will amongst one of the fastest growing cities in the world in terms of GDP growth from 2008 to 2025. 
