Vietnam
Việt Nam Several towns have English or French names joining the two syllables:
- Hà Nội : Hanoi, French Hanoï
- Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh : Ho Chi Minh City
- Sài Gòn : Saigon (still used for district), French Saïgon
- Chợ Lớn : Cholon, Ho Chi Minh City
- Hải Phòng : Haiphong, French Haïphong
- Đà Lạt : Dalat
- Đà Nẵng : Danang, French Tourane (obsolete)
- Dãy Trường Sơn : Annamite Range
- Ngũ Hành Sơn : Marble Mountains (Vietnamese name more accurately is "Five elements mountains")
- Mê Kông : Mekong River
- Vịnh Bắc Bộ : Gulf of Tonkin
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