Gia Dinh Bao

Gia Định Báo (chữ Hán: 嘉定報), was the first Vietnamese newspaper.

[1] "Gia Định" is a historical name for Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City.

It was a gazette that published official and legal documents, although it also included articles on Vietnamese culture and agriculture.

[2] Woodblock printing in Chinese characters remained the norm until the early 20th century, so the paper's use of the modern typography and the Latin alphabet were innovations.

[4] The first issue of the newspaper is dated April 15, 1865, and regular publication ended in 1897.