Saigon
City
Main city of southern Vietnam, capital of South Vietnam until 1975; renamed Ho Chi Minh City in 1976.
Held by
- July 1, 1802 – June 4, 1862 Vietnam
- June 5, 1862 – October 16, 1887 France
- 1906 – March 9, 1945 French Indochina
- December 8, 1941 – September 2, 1945 Japan Military occupation
- March 11, 1945 – August 31, 1945 Vietnam
- September 2, 1945 – July 20, 1954 North Vietnam
- October 26, 1955 – April 29, 1975 South Vietnam
- since July 2, 1976 Vietnam
Capital of
- October 17, 1887 – 1902 French Indochina
- 1945 – 1954 French Indochina
- October 26, 1955 – 1975 South Vietnam
Events here 10
- June 5, 1862 Treaty of Saigon (1862)
- November 1, 1955 – April 30, 1975 Vietnam War
- November 11, 1960 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
- February 27, 1962 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing
- November 1, 1963 1963 South Vietnamese coup d'état
- November 2, 1963 Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem
- December 24, 1964 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing
- April 4, 1975 Operation Babylift
- April 29–30, 1975 Operation Frequent Wind
- April 30, 1975 Fall of Saigon