saigon, saigon market 50-60 years ago, a collection of beautiful photos of the old saigon market 50-60 years ago

The Old Times is edited for your readers and is about vivid photos of the markets for your understanding. about the life of the old Saigon people.

Stalls selling bridge arrays at Saigon market

Saigon New Year Market, Spring Canh Tuat 1970

Four young Vietnamese girls take part in shopping amid the pre-Tet shopping craze, a festival celebrating Tet that is important to Vietnamese culture, at Saigon Central Market, southern Vietnam, January 20, 2020. 1970.

Bustling scene at Ben Thanh New Year Market. Saigon 1969

Snack shop at Saigon Old Market

Saigon Old Market 1967 – Northern Quang Thai Hoa Pharmacy

Saigon 1967 – Black market street vendors.

Saigon 1967 – Legitimate street vendors.

Vegetable shop at Saigon market 1973

Saigon 1973 – Two old women go to the market

Small merchant smiling when being photographed at the market

Notice the snakehead fish on the stall. The old snakehead fish was very big. The fish sellers have to cut the fish to sell because almost no one buys the whole fish. Today, they are caught in a hurry, big and small, not letting go of the snakehead fish in the market, which is now so small and pitiful.

Scenes at Saigon market

Saigon 1973, cattle and poultry market area.

In the scene inside the Market, the small traders тʀᴀɴн clean up the market after picking vegetables for customers. Saigon 1973

Shop of all kinds of vegetables at Saigon Market 1973

Fish shop – Saigon Market 1973

Saigon 1973

The black market in Saigon 1969.

A large theater in the black market. Saigon 1969

Food shop at the market. Do you remember the items in the picture?

Roast duck at Lon market. Most of the shop owners are Chinese, so the roasted duck is very crispy and delicious

Features of Cho Lon area: which is roasted duck, roasted pork .vv

American tool shop (Black market). One of many street markets in Saigon. Taken in 1966-67

Saigon 1969 – Old Market on Ham Nghi sidewalk

SAIGON 1970 – Ham Nghi street dog and pet market

Traders at a market in Saigon in the 1960s. The innocent smile of a mother and baby!

Saigon 1966-67 – Thi Nghe Market – Tet cake stall

It is said that the market is the most authentic reflection of life. Therefore, if you want to know the truest change in the rhythm of life of the old Saigon people, go to the market…

Below, The Old Times is edited to send to readers vivid photos of the markets so that you can better understand the life of the old Saigon people.

Ben Thanh Market, one of the famous markets, has become a symbol of Saigon in the past and present.

On Le Loi street near Ben Thanh market, across the street is Saigon Hospital.

Saigon 1969. People go to the market outside Ben Thanh market. In the distance is the Ben Thanh market overpass, now demolished.

Inside the market, goods are sold busy

Crowded with sellers and buyers inside the market

The “small market” is gathered by street vendors on Le Loi Avenue. Their fruits are always fresh and delicious, making it hard for diners to pass up.

Saigon 1969. Outside the market is equally busy

There’s nothing better than going to the market in the morning by bus.

Black Market in Saigon: “People sell fake goods,” recalls Duong Van Mai Elliott. “People are starting to have favorite brands. I miss Prell shampoo, Colgate toothpaste, and Johnny Walker whiskey. They are still very loyal to those brands. So that hill lived very well, and the people who worked for America or did business with Americans got rich very quickly.

A shopper carrying goods bought on the black market, with stolen goods being put up for sale is common in Saigon, South Vietnam, August 15, 1970. During the Vietnam War, this city witnessed a thriving black market, selling US Army-issued items. as well as general American goods

Another black market shopper

Ba Chieu Market – Chi Lang DL, next is Bach Dang

Salt Bridge Market, Ong Lanh Bridge. Saigon 1961

Fruit market with all kinds of fruit

Going to the market with parents is a must to eat. All kinds of childhood favorite dishes.

Transporting goods by truck

Cholon 1965. corner of Dong Khanh -Phu Dong Thien Vuong

Saigon New Year Market, Spring Canh Tuat 1970

Saigon New Year Market, Spring Canh Tuat 1970. A young girl selling Hynos toothpaste – a famous brand of toothpaste in Vietnam before 75

Sidewalk market run by many small traders

Saigon 1968. Scenes of small markets sprang up on the church grounds that were used as temporary shelters for thousands of dead victims who had lost their homes.

Refugees sell sweet potatoes, bread and other goods. Churches, mosques, schools, and temples have been used as refugee centers for the many people who have been made homeless by the Spring Coalition.