Ho Chi Minh City’s Ben Thanh Market to welcome new public square, green space by year-end
Ho Chi Minh City 11:43 25/06/2025A major transformation is underway in front of the iconic Ben Thanh Market in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, where the area is being redeveloped into a vibrant public square featuring green spaces and walkways, with completion scheduled by the end of 2025.
Future look of surroundings of Ho Chi Minh City’s iconic Ben Thanh Market
Travel 18:03 02/06/2024The 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
Vietnam News 21:18 19/10/2023The 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
Vietnam News 18:21 20/02/2022The 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
Economy 16:37 17/09/2020Markets 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
Economy 21:20 22/06/2020More than half of the market’s booths are currently closed
Fake luxury goods seized from Saigon’s iconic Ben Thanh Market
Economy 15:25 14/03/2020The 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
Travel 19:02 08/01/2018Singapore’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
Economy 07:30 22/10/2017Price 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
Travel 15:39 24/05/2015A 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
Travel 14:10 19/05/2015An 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
In-Depth 12:15 09/02/2015A 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
