Tag: "ben thanh market"
Future look of surroundings of Ho Chi Minh City’s iconic Ben Thanh Market

Future look of surroundings of Ho Chi Minh City’s iconic Ben Thanh Market

Travel 18:03 02/06/2024

The transformation project is set to be completed by April 30 next year

Traders complain about bad conditions at Ben Thanh Market in Ho Chi Minh City

Traders complain about bad conditions at Ben Thanh Market in Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam News 21:18 19/10/2023

The market is often leaky and flooded whenever heavy rains or high tides hit the city

Ho Chi Minh City plans to renovate iconic Ben Thanh Market

Ho Chi Minh City plans to renovate iconic Ben Thanh Market

Vietnam News 18:21 20/02/2022

The renovation mainly targets the interior of the market and will not affect the exterior design

Gloomy days at foreigners’ markets in Ho Chi Minh City

Gloomy days at foreigners’ markets in Ho Chi Minh City

Economy 16:37 17/09/2020

Markets and grocery stores targeting foreigners in Ho Chi Minh City are struggling to stay afloat

Business significantly slow at Saigon's once-crowded Ben Thanh Market

Business significantly slow at Saigon's once-crowded Ben Thanh Market

Economy 21:20 22/06/2020

More than half of the market’s booths are currently closed

Fake luxury goods seized from Saigon’s iconic Ben Thanh Market

Fake luxury goods seized from Saigon’s iconic Ben Thanh Market

Economy 15:25 14/03/2020

The fake items included copy-cats of luxury brands as Prada, Calvin Klein, Gucci, and more

​Children’s painting contest held to celebrate 45th anniversary of Vietnamese-Singaporean diplomatic relations

​Children’s painting contest held to celebrate 45th anniversary of Vietnamese-Singaporean diplomatic relations

Travel 19:02 08/01/2018

Singapore’s Merlion and Vietnam’s Ben Thanh Market were two of the landmarks that the children chose to depict

Ben Thanh Market – a Saigon shopping heaven where haggling rules

Ben Thanh Market – a Saigon shopping heaven where haggling rules

Economy 07:30 22/10/2017

Price tags are hard to come by in Saigon’s most famous market

‘Ao dai’ featuring modern Ho Chi Minh City to be displayed in S. Korea

‘Ao dai’ featuring modern Ho Chi Minh City to be displayed in S. Korea

Travel 15:39 24/05/2015

A famed Vietnamese fashion designer will take his latest “ao dai” (traditional long gown) collection which features images of a bustling, dynamic Ho Chi Minh City to a South Korean cultural fest early next week

Vietnamese septuagenarian makes, sells wooden clogs for 50 years at Ben Thanh Market

Vietnamese septuagenarian makes, sells wooden clogs for 50 years at Ben Thanh Market

Travel 14:10 19/05/2015

An elderly woman has crafted and sold “guoc” (traditional wooden clogs) for 50 years at Ho Chi Minh City’s iconic Ben Thanh Market

Young Vietnamese run project to end rip-off in Ho Chi Minh City

Young Vietnamese run project to end rip-off in Ho Chi Minh City

In-Depth 12:15 09/02/2015

A trio are running a project intended to talk traders in Ho Chi Minh City out of overcharging tourists to win their trust and make the city more tourist-friendly