The liners used to go up the Saigon River, engines off, drawn by tugs to the port installations in the bend of the Mekong that's on the same latitude as the town of Saigon.
Pakeboteak Saigongo ibaian gora doaz, motoreak geldirik, arrastaka daramatzate atoiontziek, Mekong ibaiak Saigonen dituen meandroetan dauden portuetaraino.