Thu Dau Mot Market

The oldest market of former Binh Duong, built in the style of a traditional French market hall

Located in Thu Dau Mot Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, on the bank of the Saigon River. According to Tien Phong newspaper and the Thu Dau Mot Market Management Board, the market came into being around 1828 under its original name, Phu Cuong Market. In 1889 Phu Cuong Market became the provincial market of Thu Dau Mot and was later rebuilt by the French in the style of an old traditional French market hall. The market's architecture comprises three separate sections: the shopping arcade (a ground floor and one upper floor), the central transverse building housing food and drink, and the Clock Market with its distinctive clock tower (inside the Clock Market there is not a single supporting column, a rare feat of architectural engineering). After nearly 200 years the market has fallen into disrepair, with only just over 50 traders left and few customers. According to VOV, an investment of around 200 billion VND is being planned to restore and preserve the historic architecture and turn the market into a tourism highlight.

English text: machine translation from the Localis platform — proper names kept in Vietnamese.