Ben Thanh Market

Historic central market and cultural icon of Ho Chi Minh City with thousands of stalls selling food, textiles, coffee, and souvenirs.

Bến Thành Market evolved from a 17th‑century riverside trading area into a formal French‑built market in 1914, anchoring Saigon’s role as a commercial crossroads of southern Vietnam. Its clock tower and bustling aisles now symbolize the continuity of small‑scale trade and culinary culture through colonialism, war and rapid post‑war urbanization.