Editing Ho Chi Minh City (section)

===Ho Chi Minh City===
The current official name, ''{{lang|vi|Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh}}'', was first proclaimed in 1945, and later adopted in 1976. It is abbreviated as TP.HCM, and translated in English as ''Ho Chi Minh City'', abbreviated as HCMC, and in French as ''{{lang|fr|Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville}}'' (the [[circumflex]] is sometimes omitted), abbreviated as HCMV. 

The name commemorates [[Ho Chi Minh]], the first leader of [[North Vietnam]]. This name, though not his given name, was one he favored throughout his later years. It combines a common Vietnamese surname ({{lang|vi|Hồ|italics=no}}, {{vi-nom|[[:wiktionary:胡|胡]]}}) with a given name meaning "enlightened will" (from [[Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary|Sino-Vietnamese]], [[wiktionary:志|志]] [[wiktionary:明|明]]; {{lang|vi|Chí|italics=no}} meaning 'will' or 'spirit', and {{lang|vi|Minh|italics=no}} meaning 'light'), in essence, meaning "light bringer".<ref name="bbc-bacho2">{{cite web |title=Historic Figures: Hồ Chí Minh (1890–1969) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/ho_chi_minh.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122111037/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/ho_chi_minh.shtml |archive-date=22 January 2010 |access-date=1 June 2010 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> 

Nowadays, "Saigon" is still used as a semi-official name for the city, in some cases being used interchangeably with Ho Chi Minh City, partly due to its long history and familiarity.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last=Sinha |first=Sayoni |date=2019-07-04 |title=Craft brews and skyline views the ultimate Ho Chi Minh City itinerary |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/travel/craft-brews-and-skyline-views-the-ultimate-ho-chi-minh-city-itinerary.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705022350/https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/travel/craft-brews-and-skyline-views-the-ultimate-ho-chi-minh-city-itinerary.aspx |archive-date=5 July 2019 |access-date=23 November 2019 |website=[[National Geographic]]}}</ref>