Saigon, also known as Ho Chi Minh City, offers a shopping experience to suit every taste and budget. Visitors to the city should experience the traditional bustling markets that still thrive despite the influx of international businesses and enormous shopping malls. Ben Thanh Market is one of the city’s busiest and attracts locals and tourists alike, who bargain and barter their way to retail happiness.
At that time, the market was built from wooden walls with a thatched roof. It was in a prosperous area along the bank of the river. In 1859, when French troops invaded Gia Dinh, the market was completely destroyed. The following year, the French built on this place a market with houses with solid walls and brick roofs.Located in the center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ben Thanh market is the largest and busiest in the southern megalopolis. Ha Minh Hong, Professor of history at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities of Ho Chi Minh City, says:“In the early 19th century, Ben Thanh market was on the bank of Ben Nghe river. Because the market is located near a pier which means Ben in Vietnamese and a citadel or Thanh in Vietnamese, it is called Ben Thanh”.
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