Map of Cholon, Vietnam

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Accommodation 1: Equatorial Hotel 2: Windsor Plaza Hotel	Eat and Meet No entries	Attractions and Activities 1: An Dong market 2: Binh Tay market 3: Cha Tam church 5: Cholon mosque 6: Nghia An Hoi Quan Pagoda 7: Phuoc An Hoi Quan Pagoda 8: Phung Son Pagoda 9: Quan Am Pagoda 10: Tam Son Hoi Quan Pagoda
Transport 4: Cholon bus station	Vital Information No entries	Other No entries

Travelfish on Ho Chi Minh City

As Ho Chi Minh City's cyclo drivers rest easy below vast neon billboards, the emerging Vietnamese middle class -- mobile phones in hand -- cruise past draped in haute couture on their imported motorcycles. Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City -- Vietnam's largest and most exciting city.

How things have changed from the sleepy days pre-16th century, when the Khmer fishing village of Prey Nokor was established on a vast swampland. Saigon's origins date back to the early 17th century when the area became home for refugees fleeing war in the north. Towards the end of the century, once the population was more Vietnamese and Cambodia weak enough, Vietnam annexed the territory. Over the following decades Prey Nokor developed into the Saigon the French found when they conquered the region in the mid 19th century. ... read more about Ho Chi Minh City on Travelfish