Book of two authors Assoc.Prof. Ha Minh Hong and Assoc.Prof. Tran Nam Tien consists of 7 chapters with more than 300 pages. The authors have gathered, described, explained, analyzed the process of building and developing the City on the following major groups of subjects: economy, politics, society, infrastructure, culture, education, health, science and technology, national defense and security, helping Cambodia, foreign affairs and integration. Accompanied by the analysis is the specific statistics and many illustrations make the book as more telling, more vivid about each development of the City. The book is like a slow motion movie, giving an overview and detailed description of the upward journey of Ho Chi Minh City.