Editing Ho Chi Minh City (section)

===Early settlement===
The earliest settlement in the area was a [[Funan]] temple at the location of the current Phụng Sơn Buddhist temple, founded in the 4th century AD.<ref name="HistDict2">{{cite book |author=Corfield |first=Justin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pdAZBQAAQBAJ&pg=PR17 |title=Historical Dictionary of Ho Chi Minh City |publisher=Anthem Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-78308-333-6 |page=xvii |access-date=27 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028033608/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pdAZBQAAQBAJ&pg=PR17 |archive-date=28 October 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> A settlement called Baigaur was established on the site in the 11th century by the [[Champa]].<ref name="HistDict2" /> Baigaur was renamed Prey Nokor after conquest by the [[Khmer Empire]] around 1145,<ref name="HistDict2" /> Prey Nokor grew on the site of a small fishing village and area of forest.<ref>{{Harvnb|Vo|2011|pp=8, 12}}</ref>

The first [[Vietnamese people]] crossed the sea to explore this land completely without the organisation of the [[Nguyễn Lords]]. Thanks to the marriage between Princess [[Nguyễn Phúc Ngọc Vạn]] – daughter of Lord [[Nguyễn Phúc Nguyên]] – and the King of Cambodia [[Chey Chettha II]] in 1620, the relationship between Vietnam and Cambodia became smooth, and the people of the two countries could freely move back and forth. In exchange, Chey Chettha II gifted Prei Nokor to the [[Nguyễn lords]].<ref name=Song22>Song, Jeong Nam, Sự mở rộng lãnh thổ Đại Việt dưới thời Hậu Lê và tính chất, [[Korean University of Foreign Studies]], [[Seoul]], 2010, p.22</ref>  Vietnamese settlers began to migrate to the area of Saigon, Đồng Nai. Before that, the Funanese, Khmer, and Cham had lived there, scattered from time immemorial.

The period from 1623 to 1698 is considered the period of the formation of later Saigon. In 1623, Lord Nguyen sent a mission to ask his son-in-law, King Chey Chettha II, to set up tax collection stations in Prey Nokor (Sài Gòn) and Kas Krobei (Bến Nghé). Although this was a deserted jungle area, it was located on the traffic routes between Vietnam, Cambodia, and Siam. The next two important events of this period were the establishment of the barracks and residence of Vice King [[Ang Non]] and the establishment of a palace at Tân Mỹ (near the present-day Cống Quỳnh–Nguyễn Trãi crossroads). It can be said that Saigon was formed from these three government agencies.