celebrating 50 years of Gone Saigon

@snake77

...What's your guess? What will its official name be, let's say, 50 years down the road?

Saigon. The city's locals call it Saigon, the many people I know up North (Hanoi/Thai Nguyen) call it Saigon, all the old folk songs and poetry call it Saigon. The river flowing through it is the Saigon River.

Officially, of course, it is Ho Chi Minh City, but "Miss Ho Chi Minh City" just doesn't sound right😉.

Not that I'd be around to collect in 50 years, but I'd bet hard cash it'll revert back to it's historical name.

Announced in the news today: Ho Chi Minh City to set off fireworks at 16 sites for 50th anniversary of city named after President Ho Chi Minh
I remember how 11 Years ago, on the even of 30 April 2015 I was sitting with a few locals on a sidewalk in Downtown "Ho CHi Minh City" (aka Saigon or Q1, depends who you're talking to).

As the fireworks started, nobody that was sat around our tiny plastic table seemed to take notice, so I went "hey guys, turn around, the fireworks started".

The only response I got was from an elderly guy who made a living as a Xe Om motorbike taxi driver. All he had to say was " that's not our fireworks, that's Hanoi's fireworks". He then added, "even the Soviets finally renamed their town back to Volgograd, so we'll just have to wait, then we'll also celebrate".

What's your guess? What will its official name be, let's say, 50 years down the road?

Well, it's still the Saigon River. And the call letters for the airport are SGN.
https://news.tuoitre.vn/ho-chi-minh-cit … 907669.htm - @snake77