Ben Thanh Market is a food market in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: Le Loi and Le Thanh Ton Streets, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Ben Thanh Street Food Market is a covered food hall a block from Ben Thanh, gathering stalls of Vietnamese and Asian street dishes around shared tables.
OrderGrilled seafood and a plate of banh xeo from adjacent stalls.
TipIt is more polished and pricier than the street, but a comfortable air-conditioned sampler.
Cho Cu, the Old Market, is a one-block street market on Ton That Dam in the shadow of downtown towers, a fast-vanishing pocket of old Saigon selling produce.
OrderA grab-and-go banh mi or fruit from the street vendors.
TipIt is steadily being demolished for development; go soon to see this slice of old downtown.
Binh Tay is the grand market at the heart of Cho Lon, a 1920s Chinese-built hall of wholesale goods ringed with food stalls serving Teochew classics.
OrderA bowl of hu tieu or a Cho Lon-style dumpling from the outer stalls.
TipThe wet market outside runs earliest; come at dawn to watch Chinatown do its shopping.
Ben Thanh Street Food Market is a covered food hall a block from Ben Thanh, gathering stalls of Vietnamese and Asian street dishes around shared tables.
OrderGrilled seafood and a plate of banh xeo from adjacent stalls.
TipIt is more polished and pricier than the street, but a comfortable air-conditioned sampler.
Ho Thi Ky is Saigon's best-loved night food street, a maze of alleys behind the flower market crammed with stalls of banh trang, snails, grilled skewers.
OrderBanh trang tron and a plate of grilled snails.
TipCome hungry after dark and graze from stall to stall; it is busiest and best from 19:00.
An Dong is one of Saigon's oldest and largest indoor markets, a wholesale fashion hall in District 5 whose basement food court draws locals for Cho Lon eats.
OrderA bowl of che or a plate of banh from the basement food court.
TipSkip the upstairs clothing floors and head straight to the basement food stalls.
Cho Cu, the Old Market, is a one-block street market on Ton That Dam in the shadow of downtown towers, a fast-vanishing pocket of old Saigon selling produce.
OrderA grab-and-go banh mi or fruit from the street vendors.
TipIt is steadily being demolished for development; go soon to see this slice of old downtown.
Vinh Khanh is District 4's official food street, a kilometre of seafood and snail joints where locals crowd pavement tables at night for oc and grills.
OrderA spread of snails and grilled scallops with beer.
TipIt comes alive after dark; go with a group and order many small snail plates to share.
