The famed textile trading capital of the Chinese community
The market took its official shape in 1989 and is also known as the Dong Khanh Arcade, one of the oldest and most famous fabric paradises in Cho Lon. It displays countless bolts of fabric stacked high and neatly in every shade and eye-catching pattern, in materials ranging from silk, brocade, lace and fine velvet to everyday cotton and raw silk. Soai Kinh Lam also mirrors the full rhythm of life and the traditional fabric trade of the Cho Lon area. Visitors can watch skilled tailors choosing their cloth and take in a slice of the specialised trading life that unfolds here every day.
English text: machine translation from the Localis platform — proper names kept in Vietnamese.Good to know
Best time to visitYear-round; peaks before Tet and during wedding season
Services
- Buy fabric by the metre or by the bolt
- Choose silk, brocade, lace, velvet, cotton and raw silk (dui)
- Watch tailors choose fabric
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