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Cholon, Ho Chi Minh City — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Cholon is a district of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, laid out around Dam Sen Cultural Park.
About Cholon
Where to stay in Cholon
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Cholon fills a western quarter of Ho Chi Minh City. Beds gather near the churches. Rooms sit within reach of the Sacred Heart Church and the Jeanne d'Arc Church, close to the green expanse of Dam Sen Cultural Park and the crowds of the Phu Tho Indoor Stadium.
If you would rather base yourself in this older Chinese-founded quarter of Ho Chi Minh City near the Saint Francis Xavier Church than in the newer riverside towers, Cholon will suit you.
About Cholon
What are the main landmarks in Cholon?
Cholon gathers its churches and its park within easy reach. The Sacred Heart Church, the Jeanne d'Arc Church and the Saint Francis Xavier Church rise from the older streets, while the green sweep of Dam Sen Cultural Park and its Roller Coaster draws the families. Sport has a home too.
The Phu Tho Indoor Stadium fills on match nights, its stands part of the everyday round of this quarter of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
What is the history of Cholon?
Cholon took its formal shape in 1865, marked out as a quarter within what became Ho Chi Minh City. Commerce built Cholon before anything else. Where the Sacred Heart Church and the Jeanne d'Arc Church recall the colonial-era brick of the older streets, the later ground of Dam Sen Cultural Park and the Phu Tho Indoor Stadium spread out toward the edges, so the Saint Francis Xavier Church still anchors the founding blocks rather than the newer sprawl.
This corner of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam carries a long merchant past.
Where is Cholon?
Cholon spreads across a western quarter of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, its older streets set around the Sacred Heart Church and Dam Sen Cultural Park.
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Updated July 2026