Lying along the Saigon River near the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City was formerly known as Saigon and served as the capital of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

胡志明市位于越南南部湄公河三角洲附近的西贡河沿岸，原名西贡，在越南战争期间曾是南越的首都。