Name: Nancy
Contact: uydinancy@aim.com
Preferred language name(s): Saigon dialect
Alternative names: Southern Vietnamese Dialect, Nam
Language classification: Austro–Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Viet-Muong, Vietnamese
Geographical areas where spoken: South Vietnam
Approximate number of speakers: ???
Other languages spoken in the community: French, English and other minority languages
Official language(s) in the country of your dialect: Vietnamese; 3 officially recognized dialects: Hanoi, Hue and Saigon dialects
Other language(s) in your country: Go here: https://www.ethnologue.com/country/VN/languages
Does your language have a widely accepted writing system? Yes it is called Quoc Ngu.
If yes, what materials are written? Writing is the same for all dialects but materials that focus specifically on the Saigon dialect are sparse.

Language Background
My vitality assessment

Threatened

Inter-generational transmission:
Many of the grandparent generation speak the language.
Some adults know the language, but do not speak it to children.
Absolute number of speakers:
>100000
Speaker number trends:
About half of community members speak the language; speakers are diminishing.
Domains of use of the language:
(The case for many in America)
Used mainly just in the home; some speakers may value their language but many are indifferent or support language shift; no literacy or education programs exist for the language; government encourages shift to the majority language.
(The case for those in Vietnam)
Used in social domains with other languages; most value their language but some are indifferent;  some outside institutions support the languages.