This Market has four ports: East-South-West North respectively, facing the main roads of the city center. On visiting the Ben Thanh market, you will have a great chance to buy all kinds of goods such as clothes, shoes, souvenirs or supplies and widgets. Saigon Square 1 & 2, Taka ...
The centrally located Tourist Information Centre on Nguyen Hue near City Hall disappeared with the Metro diggings and the arrival of Union Square but appeared to have re-emerged by early 2017 at the Saigon Mini Hotel 5 not too far from Ben Thanh Market. Also check out Saigon Tourist (www....
Ho Chi Minh City is a large and bustling city but in the city center, the streets are quite dense so you can explore the city on foot in 2 to 3 days at a relaxed pace. Ben Thanh Market and Chinatown are good places to walk. However, it is easy for tourists to get panic when cr...
and, their costume aside, remind us of our farmers harvesting potatoes and other vegetables destined for the market. Here too, we may find growers of cotton and mulberry; Go-Vap silk is of very good quality and could become the source of a...
[the Trường Thi field where the triennial Mandarinate examinations were held] and some dirty and poorly-built huts scattered here and there in a mess that was far from being a work of art. Almost all of the area now occupied by the docks, the market, boulevard Bonard and the ...