Before reunification in 1975, there were around a million ethnic Chinese in Saigon, fully one fourth of its population, and even though many fled the subsequent imposition of communism, around 400,000 or 500,000 still remain in what is now Ho Chi Minh City.
以華人聚居最多的胡志明市為例，在一九七五年越南統一前，華人為數高達一百萬人左右，佔人口比例的四分之一；其後雖因越南實施共產制度，使得不少華人外移，至今胡志明市華人數目仍在四、五十萬人之譜。