Famous Residents
- Ngô Đình Diệm - the first president of South Vietnam.
- Ngô Đình Khả - Ngô Đình Diệm's father.
- Võ Nguyên Giáp - a general of Vietnam's Army.
- Dương Văn An - a mandarin, historian in Nguyễn Dynasty.
- Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh - a mandarin of Nguyễn Lords who established Vietnam's sovereignty in Saigon.
- Lâm Thị Mỹ Dạ - poet.
- Hoàng Kế Viêm - a mandarin of Nguyễn Dynasty
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