Saigon Book Street
Pedestrian lane of bookstalls, publisher kiosks and read-in cafes near a colonial cathedral.
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This guide to Saigon Book Street in Ho Chi Minh City starts at the street sign, which gives a name and nothing more, and asks who Nguyen Van Binh was. It follows his life from a Saigon birth in 1910 through Rome and the year 1975, then the string of names this lane has carried since French colonial rule. You'll also hear how it became Vietnam's first dedicated book street in 2016, with its wooden stalls, publishers and cafes that lend out books. Best heard walking slowly from the entrance, with the stalls on both sides.
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