Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon)
is Vietnam's largest city with a population of approximately
7 million people.
People:
85% ethnic Vietnamese, 3% ethnic Chinese, also Khmer.
Cham is a remnant of the once-great Indianised Champa
Kingdom and members of some 60 ethno linguistic groups.
Language:
Vietnamese, English, Russian, French, Chinese and a
variety of Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian local dialects
Religion:
Buddhism is the principal religion but there are also
sizeable Taoist, Confucian, Hoa Hao, Caodaists, Muslim
and Christian minorities
