Cho Cu Ton That Dam 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: Ton That Dam Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Ben Thanh is Saigon's landmark market, a 1914 hall of produce, dry goods and a busy food court by day that spills into an open-air night market.
OrderA bowl of bun mam or che from the covered food court.
TipPrices are marked up for tourists; the food-court stalls at the back are the real reason to come.
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.
Tan Dinh Market, trading since 1926 by the pink Tan Dinh Church, is a local produce and fabric market whose surrounding stalls serve fine street food.
OrderBanh canh cua or a snack from the stalls ringing the market.
TipSkip the fabric floors and graze the food stalls around the market's edges in the morning.
Thai Binh Market sits on the edge of the backpacker district, a workaday produce market whose corner stalls turn out cheap noodle salads, che and snacks.
OrderA cheap noodle salad or a cup of che from the corner stalls.
TipIt is a two-minute walk from Bui Vien; the food stalls at the entrances are the reason to stop.
Ba Chieu is one of Binh Thanh's oldest markets, a sprawling local hall best known among eaters for the dense ring of street-food stalls that surround it.
OrderGrilled snacks and che from the surrounding street stalls.
TipThe food is around the outside, not inside; the night market from 18:00 is the liveliest time.
Ben Thanh is Saigon's landmark market, a 1914 hall of produce, dry goods and a busy food court by day that spills into an open-air night market.
OrderA bowl of bun mam or che from the covered food court.
TipPrices are marked up for tourists; the food-court stalls at the back are the real reason to come.
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.
