Colorful Chinatown in Saigon

Colorful Chinatown in Saigon

This is a very special destination but rarely seen by tourists in Saigon.

In Saigon, there is one of the most concentrated Chinese living quarters in District 5. Here, the Chinese people have built streets with their characteristic architecture. The Cholon area is the Chinatown, and is often referred to as Chinatown. Try to spend a whole day exploring the scene, space, food in this area, you will know that in the heart of Saigon there are special areas like that.

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Cho Lon is the focus of daily life and business of the United States. Around the market gradually formed the house of the United States, bearing bold Hong Kong architecture. Entering Chinatown, the image that most visitors come across is the old, red-tiled roofed houses, nestled close to each other, presumably as if you were in a real Chinese neighborhood.

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District 5 of the Chinese still retain the cultural, architectural and religious values ​​of hundreds of years ago. The roof tile roof tile in the town of Chinatown along with typical architecture highlights a very classic beauty. Visitors feel as if they were present in the ancient city of the United States in the last century. From Ben Thanh, follow the Tran Hung Dao Street you will reach the Chinese Quarter.

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In each house, in front of the door usually hang red lanterns of the United States, paste some red paper as the color of the United States. As for the food business, medicine or even the necessary supplies, the sign of the restaurant have two words: a Vietnamese and a flower, looks quite impressive.

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Cho Lon area is famous for trading in various commodities such as Binh Tay market, which sells items such as dried seafood, abalone, fish, fishballs, ... Soai Kinh Lam market sells fabrics from satin, silk, brocade, quilts, elastic, chiffon, khaki to fabric curtains, gas, cushions, tablecloths ...

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Not only in the markets, the surrounding neighborhoods such as Hai Thuong Lan Ong, Chau Van Liem, Hau Giang, Lam Tan Ke ... are neighborhoods with business shops flooded the two sides.

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After walking around the market, the Thien Hau Pagoda (Vietnamese call) is an attractive destination in Cho Lon. This is one of the oldest Chinese temples built in Cholon (around 1760). The temple, with its typical Chinese architecture, has both historical value and cultural value. It is always a place to attract visitors to visit, enjoy.

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Here, you can enjoy enough famous dishes of the United States such as: roast duck, roast pork, duck potato noodle, chicken potentious northern medicinal ... Add to that the hanoise, effervescent, noodles noodles ... Delicious taste makes visitors love to enjoy.

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The Chinatown area seems to bring Saigon a new color tones, embellished for Saigon tourism. Visitors can not only live in the ordinary living space of the United States, but also enjoy the beauty of the temple architecture of hundreds of years of the Chinese.

Six ceramic shops in Saigon where you can buy beautiful things

Six ceramic shops in Saigon where you can buy beautiful things

Pottery shops in Saigon with dozens of pretty objects will make you want to collect all the furniture back home.

1. Nang Gom

Nang Gom sells Japanese household goods on the instagram. I like the gentle way of the owner, like the clear picture of the product, detailed notes, size, price, description, right on the picture. Simple shooting clear, fast delivery, price is much softer than many other famous pottery, so online sales are the key here is very fast.

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In addition to pottery, dishes, mugs, here there are many types of pots, warm glaze is very vintage and sometimes there are iron trays, molds to make strange shapes. Compared with some other pottery shops, this shop rarely have sale programs, but the sale is very recent sale 50% very attractive. Nang Tang has a shop in Dinh Tien Hoang Street, Binh Thanh District, however the shop is quite small.

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2. A Tiem

Asian pottery is Japanese pottery, specializing in the dishes, beautiful cups, very suitable to present, decor or decor. Although quite a few items, but A shop style staged and photographed making products as beautiful as the lookbook, so the product was beautiful more beautiful. And because of that, just look at the pottery of this shop, rare who do not want to buy a few even if there is nothing to do but look at.

There are no official stores, only online sales, so the disadvantage of the shop is mainly only buy online. If you come to see the pottery, you have to contact the owner before, however, because the product of the store is quite fast, so the place to see the goods are risky, easily out of stock "mark with eyes" on web. In return, if you have new items before updating to the web, you can earn other beautiful things.

3. Thu Ven

There is one person commenting on this, "Do not go to the store, or you will be addicted." Thu Van is such a place, not only selling kitchenware, selling pottery, right on the introduction of the shopkeeper said that: "This is not really a sales page. I open this place to save what I collect or I made myself - things are real and gentle.

Here, you will be lost in a world of ceramics with all things such as tea sets, plates, cups, in addition there are pots glazed pots, glassware, wooden spoon, needles Classical tableware, or tinned tins of eye-catching biscuits. So you can not only buy pottery but also buy some good kitchenware.

Like the two shops, this pottery is mainly sold online, there are shops but open hours are quite different, after 17g every day and Saturday from 10 am.

4. Nha co hai nguoi

Starting from the "Japanese pottery" until now, this pottery shop has nearly 4 years of business, so this is a very familiar place for those who use Japanese pottery in Saigon. Here you will see the corner is full of pottery, from the ground up to the window sills, design "this" drowning under the glittering yellow light to make customers to buy everyone else "just want to collect all buy only ".

Different from the above pottery, although "home two people" still up online album sales, but due to the fast buy online here is hard to buy. Therefore, according to the advice of the ceramic mills, you go to the store to choose and have to see.

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5. Kho House

Kho House is home to Japanese hunters. Each item here is carefully filtered. Pottery style, many dishes and cups cups are designed unique and personality with the style of the country flowers. Many pottery is decorated elaborately, the customer buy on display rather than use.

Kho House also sells many other decorative items such as Japanese dolls, vintage cameras, wooden statues, porcelain with many interesting and eye-catching figures. Particularly every month, the list is diverse. Located on West Bui Vien Street, Kho House is also frequented by foreigners, diligently visit the shop, you will surely catch something unique.

6. Truoc Nha

In front of the house on an old apartment building, on Nguyen Du street, very small space but cozy design, pottery on wooden shelves charming and decent. In front of the House is almost the beginning of the trend of Japanese pottery in Saigon, about the ceramic products rustic and poetic like this.

 

In front of the House there are many types of utensils, from cups to cups, sets of pots, sets of dishes, but what makes the brand before the House, is how the package is sophisticated, creative, and the investment for the The online photo meticulously make you "Xiao" despite the price than the common ground. Most of the activities of the pottery is online and delivery, if you shop should call ahead to know if the salon is welcoming guests.

"4 little towns" in Saigon

"4 little towns" in Saigon

Although "4 little towns" are located in different areas of ​​the city, once you arrive at these little towns, you will surely feel the unique characteristics and features of the place.

1. Little Japan Town - Japanese Quarter

Do you know of a "Little Japan Town" in the heart of Saigon? Nestled in the area around Le Thanh Ton Street and Thai Van Lung in the center of Saigon. There are more than 70 restaurants, spas and business activities of the Japanese community that are attracting not only the locals but also the tourists who want to explore the Japanese culinary culture.

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One of the biggest differences of Little Japan Town with other foreign cities is that there is no vibrant image or lively atmosphere. At Little Japan Town, you can feel the warmth of Japanese culture.

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All are shown through closed wooden door frames, hanging curtains or lanterns in the same color red - black - white. Quiet space makes this place attractive, attractive, especially at night.

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This place is more and more noticed by a graffiti alley at 15B Le Thanh Ton as a new virtual shooting location for young people and visitors. In particular, there is a map indicating the alley entrance and instructing people to park. No noise and no garbage is also a spotlight of this place. You can enjoy any Japanese food in small alleys such as sushi, ramen, udon, pastries ... to satisfy the "crazy" without having to search far far.

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2. China Town

Cho Lon area (also known by tourists as China Town) - the familiar name of the Saigon people talk about the Chinese area in District 5, District 6 and District 11, but the focus is mainly District 5 Originating in 1778, Cho Lon is considered as the largest gathering of Vietnamese living and trading communities in Vietnam, until now it is also a popular tourist destination for tourists. Explore Cho Lon.

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Today, the cultural, architectural and religious values ​​that the Chinese bring are still sustainable over the years. You can see the roof tile roofs, temples or condominiums ... along with the characteristic architecture highlights a very classic beauty.

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Not only the ancient architectural blocks, Cho Lon is also crowded commercial center, providing goods to all districts of Saigon. If you notice a little, you can easily identify each section of the market or business market by private items such as medicine on Hai Thuong Lan Ong, Soai Kinh Lam, gold - silver street in Nhieu Tam - Nghia Thuc , Dai Quang Minh materials, accessories ... There is a certainty that you will not be able to control the appeal of extremely rich Chinese cuisine such as dimsum, Chinese tea, noodle ... when around the Market Large, all this can be found at any corner from the sidewalk restaurant to the chic restaurant.

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3. Western Town - Western Quarter

Western Quarter (West Balo area or Bui Vien area) is located on the Pham Ngu Lao, Bui Vien and De Tham streets in the center of district 1. This is the place where most foreigners gather when they visit Saigon. . The atmosphere is vibrant and vibrant with many different languages ​​is the first thing visitors feel when coming to this West neighborhood.

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Dubbed the "Sleeping City" in Saigon, it mainly serves foreign tourists, so the Western Quarter is always packed with hotels, restaurants, travel companies, bars / pubs. , souvenir shop ... Besides, the service of renting motorbikes, bicycles with reasonable price create many options for travelers to explore the small alley of Saigon.

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And certainly not forget the extremely rich cuisine, rich from the pure Vietnamese dishes to the Asian-European dishes of the restaurant, restaurant in the West neighborhood.

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4. Little Korea Town

Little is known about the Korean community living, working and studying in Vietnam as much as the Chinese and Japanese communities. Instead of concentrating an area like the above neighborhoods, Korean communities are located in the streets near the airport such as the Super Bowl, K300, or Pham Van Hai in Tan Binh district. Phu My Hung (District 7).

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Not very prominent compared to other foreign cities, but to the Korean area where you live is easily recognized by the Korean and Vietnamese signboards. In District 7, there are many shops selling foods from South Korea or South Korean restaurants, hairdressers and beauty salons, convenience stores ... You will even see some shuttle buses. Both Korean and some schools opened to teach Korean children.

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