The former capital of Saigon was once called "Little Paris" because of the influence of French culture--Vietnam was governed by France before the civil war--and even today touches of France are evident in overseas Vietnamese communities, particularly in Vietnamese cuisine, which retains a distinct French flavor.
越南曾受法國統治，其文化頗有法國文化的遺風，戰前的西貢即有「小巴黎」之稱。即使在今天海外的越南人聚居處，仍然找得到法國文化的影子；例如越南菜就很有法國菜的風味。