Sister cities

There are 25 sister cities/regions of Ho Chi Minh City:

City From Shanghai, People's Republic of China 14 May 1994 Manila, Philippines 27 June 1994 San Francisco, USA 10 April 1995 Osaka, Japan 13 June 1995 Busan, Republic of Korea 3 November 1995 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China 1 April 1996 Lyon, France 17 January 1997 Shenyang, People's Republic of China 21 April 1999 Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia 5 September 2000 Champasak Province, Laos 28 August 2001 Vientiane, Laos 1 September 2001 Rhône-Alpes (region), France 8 November 2001 Phnom Penh, Cambodia June 2002 Moscow, Russia 31 October 2003 Toronto, Canada 13 February 2006 Geneva, Switzerland 13 April 2007 Yokohama, Japan 23 July 2007 Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan 27 October 2007 Guangdong, People's Republic of China 10 September 2008 Minsk, Belarus 4 November 2008 Vladivostok, Russia 21 May 2009 Barcelona, Spain 29 May 2009 Seville, Spain 29 May 2009 Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa 10 November 2009 Tabriz, Islamic Republic of Iran date unclear