Blue fountains in front of Ho Chi Minh City Hall in downtown Saigon. Ho Chi Minh City Hall was built in the early 20th Century by the French colonial government as Saigon's city hall. It's also known as Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Head office, in French as H&ocirc;tel de Ville de Saigon, and in Vietnamese as Tr? s? ?y ban Nh&acirc;n d&acirc;n Th&agrave;nh ph? H? Ch&iacute; Minh.