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...e south, including the Mekong Delta and what was variously named Gia Dinh, Saigon, and Ho Chi Minh City ...[[Danang]], then called Tourane, was captured in late 1858 and Gia Dinh (Saigon and later Ho Chi Minh City) in early 1859. In both cases Vietnamese Christi

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...d Vietnam without prior congressional approval. This was well known to the Saigon government. <ref>{{citation ...st President, who was arrested and imprisoned by the North Vietnamese when Saigon fell.

*293km from [[Ho Chi Minh City]]/[[Saigon]]

*561 km north of [[Ho Chi Minh City]]/[[Saigon]]

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*550km from [[Ho Chi Minh City]]/[[Saigon]]

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...port in the country (after [[Saigon]]) and the third largest city (after [[Saigon]] and [[Hanoi]]. The population is estimated to be 1.7 million (2003) ...ss, and links to the international airports in [[Hanoi]], [[Danang]], and [Saigon]]; it is being improved to take larger aircraft.

...,000 [[ARVN]] soldiers, it took place in [[Tay Ninh]] province, north of [[Saigon]]. The goals were to destroy bases in what was termed War Zone C, and, if p

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...n in 1857, and a major French fleet, in 1861, reinforced Gia Dinh (i.e., [[Saigon]]) and gained control of the surrounding provinces. The June 1862 Treaty of Saigon transferred the three provinces surrounding Sagon to France, opening of thr

...competence among senior American government personnel during the [[fall of Saigon]].<ref name=Snepp>{{cite book | title = Decent Interval: An Insider's Account of Saigon's Indecent End

...cture, of north-central Vietnam. 660 km from [[Hanoi]] and 1080 km from [[Saigon]], it is a geographical center, also providing access to the [[Central High ...203</ref> Now-Emperor Gia Long's first act was to move the capital from Saigon to Hue. He also named his new reign, '''Vietnam''', although it was still k

.... Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, ''Command History 1965'', Annex N. Saigon, 1966. .... Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, ''Command History 1966'', Annex M. Saigon, 1967.

...t of the country, in the Red River Delta. It is 1760 km/1094 mi north of [[Saigon]]/[[Ho Chi Minh City]].

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