Binh Tay Market

Binh Tay Market (Vietnamese: Chợ Bình Tây) is the Central Market of Cho Lon in District 6, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Local Vietnamese refer to it as Chợ Lớn mới, while local Vietnamese-Chinese refer it as “The New Market of Chợ Lớn“, and the Chinese other than those living in Vietnam known it only as (Dī’àn, or literally, “embankment”).

“The Old Market” (Chinese: 舊街市) did exist in Cho Lon, its location is now the site of Cho Lon Post Office in District 5. It was destroyed in a raging fire (exact time unknown) and soon after, “The New Market” was built. Although it was used extensively before the fire, local people rarely mention about this lost market except the elderly, or ones who has lived nearby long enough to know the history of this old market.