That's 9 years in the future which is not too difficult to predict. I would say District 1 will remain the main downtown area. I doubt there will be a dramatic change to the landscape as property development will see a slow down due to the current oversupply in both office and retail space. read more
So I guess.. Ho Chi Minh City.. in 2025, Would probably look like Jakarta today. read more
The city's location on the Saigon River makes it a bustling commercial and passenger port; besides a constant stream of cargo ships, passenger boats operate regularly between Ho Chi Minh City and various destinations in Southern Vietnam and Cambodia, including Vũng Tàu, Cần Thơ and the Mekong Delta, and Phnom Penh. read more
Long answer: Saigon (or Sai Gon) had been the city’s name for hundreds of years before the communist party, one year after winning the civil war (or Resistance War Against America as they would call it), decided to change it into Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh (Ho Chi Minh City) in 1976. read more