The « Brasseries et Glacières d'Indochine »
(Breweries and Ice-Houses of Indochina)
B.G.I.

The « Brasseries et Glacières d'Indochine » (Breweries and Ice-Houses
of Indochina) which made the famous beers “Hommel & Larue” and “33” export beers

B.G.I. Cholon

Bureaux : 187, boulevard Armand Rousseau Cholon

Usine : 7, quai Choquan Cholon

At the end of the 19th century, a demobilized top sergeant of the French Army took up beer-making in Saigon by joining a brewer from Hanoi, a certain Hommel, to found the Breweries and Ice-Houses of Indochina, (BGI).

After the death of its founder, The Denis Brothers, the company of the four brothers from Bordeaux which had been in Saigon since 1862, took over the business. Over 4000 persons worked for BGI until 1975.

Hommel Beer

Shoe shop Bata

- Shop :
- at 76, Paris Street
Cholon
Management :

76, Marechal de Tassigny Street
Saigon
Manufactury :
Petrus-Ky Street

Vietnam Soap

at 40–49 Rue du Cambodge
(Cambodia Street)
Cholon
was the Truong-Van-Beng & Son Inc. company which made “Vietnam” oils and soap.
Chair Man :
Mister Truong Khac Tri

Cholon railway station in 1948

Rice storage

- Association des Rizeries Chinoises
- 592, rue des Marins
- Ban Aik Guan Rizerie
320, quai Choquan
Indochina Rice Society
49, quai des Poteries

Miscellaneous:

- Air France Agency
1, rue Foulken
- Air Vietnam Agency
288, rue des Marins

The main Post Office (PTT)

- corner of the Rue des Jardins and the old Place du Marché, The main Post Office (PTT) in Cholon

Indochina Cigarette Manufacturers

- at 11e R.I.C. Avenue
Indochina Cigarette Manufacturers
( M.I.N.)

Central Market
(now Ben Thanh)

Cholon means “big market” and represents the large commercial center of the Cochin-Chinese capital, with a population of ethnic Chinese, the Hoa.
The Binh Tay market was built toward the end of the 1920’s and is recognizable by its belfry

Firework's merchant in Cholon's central market.

Administration

Prefecture of Saigon Cholon
218, rue des marins
Police Station 7th district
rue Bahat