VIETNAM: School Kids Practicing Their English in Ho Chi Ming City/Saigon

Learning a new language is tough.

Especially if you are linguistically challenged like I am. 

These young schoolkids approached us and asked us if they could speak to us.

How can you say no?

This was definitely a highlight of the day! 

VIETNAM: Ho Chi Ming City, Formerly Known as Saigon

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), also commonly known as Saigon, is the most populous city in Vietnam, with a population of around 9.3 million in 2023. 

Saigon was called "the Pearl of the Far East" or "Paris in the Orient".

In 1976, upon the establishment of the unified communist Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Saigon was renamed Hồ Chí Minh City in honour of the late communist leader.

Bustling with energy, innovation and traffic (for more on that see https://lindaofnofixedaddress.blogspot.com/2024/04/vietnam-traffic.html) Ho Chi Minh City is the economic heart of Vietnam and the main hub of the southern region.