1. Who was the first person to propose changing the name of Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City?

  • Ca Van Thinh
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  • Tran Huu Nghiep
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  • Nguyen Thi Dinh
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  • Nguyen Van Khuoc
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Doctor Tran Huu Nghiep (1911-1975) was one of the outstanding patriotic intellectuals of the South, who studied medicine in France and became one of the first Vietnamese doctors to graduate there.

However, he chose to return home and join the resistance war against the French on September 23, 1945. He was the first person to propose the idea of ​​changing the name of Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), contributing to the historical decision that followed.

2. What is his nickname?

  • "Son of the land of steel"
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  • "Gia Dinh Scholar"
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  • "Resistance doctor"
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  • "The son of Ben Tre "
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According to People's Representative , Professor, Doctor Tran Huu Nghiep - People's Teacher, writer, journalist is a great personality, a great intellectual tempered in the people's war. He accompanied the people for 30 years of hardship and glorious victory.

He was born on March 15, 1911 in a farming family in Tan Thuy commune, Ba Tri district, Ben Tre province (old).

Doctor Tran Huu Nghiep was called "Gia Dinh scholar" because he was a patriotic intellectual, willing to put aside his medical career to join the resistance war against the French, and was attached to the revolutionary movement from the very beginning.

3. When and in what context did you come up with the idea of ​​changing the name of Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City?

  • 1945, after the August Revolution
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  • In 1946, at a meeting of Southern people in Hanoi
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  • In 1954, after the Geneva Agreement
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  • After April 30, 1975, in the National Assembly session
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The idea of ​​changing the name of Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City was proposed in August 1946, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the revolutionary government. At that time, Dr. Tran Huu Nghiep went to the North to report on the situation in the South, and was then retained in Hanoi to continue working. During a meeting of the Central Southern Department, Gia Dinh Street with the Southern Vietnamese in Hanoi, he summarized the situation of the past year, praising the contributions of President Ho Chi Minh - the pioneer soldier of the national liberation movement.

From there, he proposed the idea of ​​naming the city after President Ho Chi Minh to commemorate his contributions and affirm the Southern region's attachment to the revolution.

Then, he gave the example of big countries often naming big cities after national heroes, and suggested: "To honor President Ho's merits, Saigon city should be renamed Ho Chi Minh city."

This proposal received immediate approval. Everyone signed the resolution to be sent to the Government, demonstrating the solidarity and steadfast belief of the Southern people in the revolution.

4. How many people signed the resolution sent to the Government supporting the proposal to change the name?

  • 10 people
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  • 25 people
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  • 57 people
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  • 100 people
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The resolution had 57 signatures, headed by Dr. Tran Huu Nghiep. The resolution stated: "We request the National Assembly and the Central Government to immediately change the name of Saigon city to Ho Chi Minh City, to symbolize the fighting, sacrifice and determination of the Southern people to return to the Fatherland."

This shows that the wish to change the name of Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City is the common wish of many intellectuals and scholars in the South, not an individual proposal.

5. When did the National Assembly officially decide to change the name of Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City?

  • April 30, 1975
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  • July 2, 1976
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  • May 19, 1976
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  • January 1, 1977
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Nearly 30 years after Dr. Tran Huu Nghiep's proposal, when the country was unified, the 6th National Assembly (2nd session) officially passed a resolution on July 2, 1976, renaming the capital city of Saigon - Gia Dinh to Ho Chi Minh City. This marked the realization of the idea that Dr. Tran Huu Nghiep had proposed since 1946.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/ai-la-nguoi-dau-tien-de-xuat-doi-ten-sai-gon-thanh-tphcm-2442451.html