History
Prior to 1975 the stadium was called Cộng Hòa Stadium. The site had witnessed a number of major sporting events including an over-capacity 30.000 strong crowd to watch the elimination soccer match between South Vietnam and South Korea leading up to the 1964 Summer Olympics.
In 1966 the South Vietnamese soccer team captured the Merdeka Cup defeating Burma. The gold trophy was kept at the Cộng Hòa Stadium. Its whereabout is not known after the Fall of Saigon.
During the Vietnam War the Stadium was also the scene of terrorist attacks by the Vietcong. Explosives detonated on October 4, 1965 killed 11 and injured 42 others.
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