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Chợ Lớn ( listen ⓘ, Chinese: 堤岸 ), usually anglicized as " Cholon " in English sources, is a quarter of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It lies on the west bank of the Saigon River, having Bình Tây Market as its central market.
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Feb 17, 2020 · Cho Lon, aka Big market, is a super vast market town in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), and also the largest Chinatown district in Vietnam.
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Cholon, which translates to “Big Market,” is the Chinatown district of Ho Chi Minh City and one of the city’s most vibrant and historically rich areas.
Located just west of the city centre, Cholon is Ho Chi Minh’s historic Chinatown — the largest of its kind in all of Vietnam. For anyone visiting the sprawling economic hub of the nation, these chaotic boulevards and spider-webbing alleyways make a great day trip outside of District 1.
Cholon may refer to: Chợ Lớn, or Cholon, a quarter of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Chợ Lớn province, a former province of South Vietnam. Cholón District, a district of Marañón, Peru. Cholón language, also known as Seeptsá and Tsinganeses, a recently extinct language of Peru.
Feb 13, 2018 · And Cho Lon – the largest Chinatown in Vietnam – is one of the oldest, busiest, and most authentic towns for those who are looking for another side of Ho Chi Minh City in casual daily life. A Brief History of Cho Lon. The Chinese immigration to Saigon began a very long time ago.
Cholon is the only place in Saigon that still preserves the intact cultural, architectural, and religious values of hundreds of years ago. If cultural values, history, and time would be lost more or less, but with this place, it seems that the destructive power of time has slowed down a lot?
