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Location: Ho Chi Minh City is located in the southeastern region of Vietnam, 1760 km south of Hanoi. Its average elevation is 19 meters above sea level. The city covers an area of 2095 square kilometers and borders the South China Sea to the South with a coast of 15 kilometers.; Dialing code: +848; Emergency numbers: Police - 113 Fire brigade - 114 Ambulance / Medical Aid – 115

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Location	Ho Chi Minh City is located in the southeastern region of Vietnam, 1760 km south of Hanoi. Its average elevation is 19 meters above sea level. The city covers an area of 2095 square kilometers and borders the South China Sea to the South with a coast of 15 kilometers.
Dialing code	+848
Emergency numbers	Police - 113 Fire brigade - 114 Ambulance / Medical Aid – 115
Population	Approx 9 million
Languages	National language – Vietnamese (Mon-Khmer) Second languages – French, English Recently, Chinese and Japanese have become popular
Time Zone	GMT/UTC + 7:00 hours
Average January Temperatures	26.5 Degrees Celsius
Average July Temperatures	28 Degrees Celsius
Annual rainfall	1800 millimeters on average per year

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Public Holidays

1st January – New Years’: Last day of the last lunar month - 3rd day of the first lunar month – Vietnamese New Year 10th day of the 3rd lunar month – Hung King’s Commemoration 30th April – Liberation Day / Reunification Day 1st May – International Worker’s Day (Labor Day); 2nd September – National Day: Other Holidays 3rd February – Communist Party of Vietnam Foundation Anniversary 8th March – International Women’s Day 19th May – President Ho Chi Minh’s Birthday 1st June – International Children’s Day 28th June – Vietnamese Family Day 27th July – Remembrance Day 19th August – August Revolution Commemoration Day 10th October – Capital Liberation Day 20th October – Vietnamese Women’s Day 20th November – Teacher’s Day 22nd December – National Defense Day (People’s Army of Vietnam Foundation Anniversary) 25th December- Christmas Day 15/1 (Lunar) – Lantern Festival 15/4 (Lunar) – Buddha’s Birthday 5/5 (Lunar) – Midyear Festival 15/7 (Lunar) – Ghost Festival 15/8 (Lunar) – Mid Autumn Festival 23/12 (Lunar) – Kitchen Guardians

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Annual Temperature

a- January: 1. High: 31.6 °C 2. Low: 21.1 °C; b- February: 1. High: 32.9 °C 2. Low: 22.5 °C; c- March: 1. High: 33.9 °C 2. Low: 24.4 °C

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Ho Chi Minh City Residents

There are now nearly 10 million inhabitants in Ho Chi Minh City with a population that is growing rapidly at a rate of 200 thousand per year. About 90% of the population is Vietnamese and 8% of the population is Chinese, a large number of whom live in the district of Cholon, the largest Chinatown of Vietnam.

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