Bình Tây 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 堤岸 - 新街市 "The New Market of Chợ Lớn", and the Chinese other than those living in Vietnam known it only as 堤岸 (Dī'àn, or literally, "embankment").
| Bình Tây Market | |
|---|---|
Chợ Lớn mới | |
| General information | |
| Type | Traditional market |
| Architectural style | Eastern Asia |
| Classification | Artistic architectural monument |
| Address | 57A Tháp Mười, Ward 2, District 6, Ho Chi Minh City |
| Town or city | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Coordinates | 10°44′58″N 106°39′04″E |
| Construction started | 1928 |
| Opened | 1930 |
| Renovated | 1992, 2016-2018 |
| Renovation cost | VNđ104 billion (2016) |
| Client | Quách Đàm |
| Height | 13.1 metres (43 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Size | Length: 89.2 metres (293 ft) Width: 108.6 metres (356 ft) |
| Floor area | 2.5 hectares (6.2 acres) |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | Tàu Cuốc Company (Xáng Company) |
"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.