Jokingly called the "convalescence market": people come more to chat than to trade
Hoa Hung Market is on Cach Mang Thang Tam Street, in the area of Saigon railway station, Hoa Hung Ward, Ho Chi Minh City. According to Thanh Nien newspaper, the market took shape around the beginning of the 1960s as the residential area around Hoa Hung railway station grew ever more crowded; at first it was only a place of small-scale trading before a covered market hall was built. Today most of the traders here are over 60 and many are close to 80; Thanh Nien describes them as the "market keepers" who stubbornly hold on. The traders themselves jokingly call this the "convalescence market". Mrs An, a seller of many years, told Thanh Nien: "We often joke with one another that this is a convalescence market, since nobody is really buying or selling anything; we come here to rest, my dear".
English text: machine translation from the Localis platform — proper names kept in Vietnamese.Good to know
Best time to visitQuanh nam
Services
- Shop for retail goods in the market hall
- Chat with long-time vendors
- Combine with a visit to Saigon Railway Station near the market
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