New Saigon (Russian: Новый Сайгон, Noviy Saygon; Vietnamese: Sài Gòn Mới), officially known as the Dependent Territory of New Saigon, is a Venusian colony under the joint control of the Soviet Union and Vietnam. The colony was established in 1999 as part of the Intercosmos program allowing fellow socialist states to settle on Venus. The origins of the colony began in 1996, in which many Vietnamese activists in the United States and western Europe began demanding a colony on Venus. The move gained mixed feelings in Vietnam, but gradually was seen as an interesting idea. In cooperation between the USA and the USSR, the colony was agreed to be a Vietnamese-governed colony, backed by by the USSR, and opened to all Vietnamese. Both Vietnamese natives and exiles took the chance to colonize the r