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War Remnants Museum
A deeply affecting museum in Ho Chi Minh City documenting the Vietnam War primarily from the Vietnamese perspective.
6 km · about 10 min drive
AsiaVietnamHo Chi Minh City (HCMC)
Chợ Lớn
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam · Asia
About Chợ Lớn
Chợ Lớn is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Quận Tân Phú, 6km from War Remnants Museum.
Chợ Lớn is in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam, with about 560,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Quận Tân Phú, about 4 km away.
Chợ Lớn (Chinese: 堤岸), usually anglicized as "Cholon" in English sources, is an unofficial quarter of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Historically a city separate from Sài Gòn prior to its urbanization in the 1930s-1950s, the quarter has long been inhabited by Chinese people and is considered the largest Chinatown in theRead more
world by area.
Chợ Lớn lies on the west bank of the Saigon River, and spans across all of former District 5 and District 6. The quarter borders the former District 8 (along the Tàu Hủ Canal) to the south, and the former Districts 10 & 11 to the north.
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What is there to see near Chợ Lớn?
Within an hour or so of Chợ Lớn: War Remnants Museum (6 km), Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) (6 km), Cu Chi Tunnels (48 km).
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Chợ Lớn is in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam, about 4 km from Quận Tân Phú.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 561,000
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Vietnam
- Region
- Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)
- Timezone
- Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
- Coordinates
- 10.7500, 106.6500
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Worth the detour from Chợ Lớn
3 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Vietnam's largest and most dynamic city with French colonial architecture, buzzing motorbike traffic, and vibrant street food culture.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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Cu Chi Tunnels
An immense network of underground tunnels used by Viet Cong guerrillas during the Vietnam War, now open to visitors to crawl through.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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