Inside Saigon's "Chợ Lớn"

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"Chợ Lớn" (literally, "big market") is Saigon's "Chinatown." It was established by refugees from the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, and is actually older than the Vietnamese city of Saigon. The two cities were only formally amalgamated in the in the 1956. The "big market" these days is Chợ Bình Tây, built in 1928.









































chè, a sweet, bean-based drink with dozens of varieties



xôi, a sweet or savoury rice snack