Saigon Book Street

This guide to Saigon Book Street traces a short stretch of pavement through four names in just over a century, from a colonial-era Hongkong Street through a French official's name, an independence-era rename, and finally a Vietnamese bishop's. It follows the traders, publishers, and read-in cafes who fill the lane today, between Hai Ba Trung Street and Notre Dame Cathedral. Best walked slowly, past the painted stalls and the oversized book sculptures overhead.