Nguyen Hue Boulevard started with a canal called Kinh Lon, which led water from the Saigon River to Gia Dinh citadel built by Nguyen Anh in 1790. At that time, it was also called Cho Vai canal because there was a canal along the banks. Many overseas Chinese focus on selling cloth.
After the French captured Saigon, in 1861, Admiral Charner issued regulations limiting the city's territory. The Grand Canal was renamed the Charner Canal, with both sides running parallel roads named Rigault de Genouilly and Charner. This photo was taken by photographer Emile Gsell in 1870.
Another photo by Emile Gsell of the 1870s street with the Great Canal and the block on Charner Street. The bridge across the canal connecting the two banks is the guide to Ngo Duc Ke street today.
In the middle of Charner Street is the first market of Saigon, built in 1860. The French call it Charner market, and the people call it Cho Lon or Saigon market.
In 1914, when Ben Thanh market was completed, this market was closed. The location of the old market today is located in the area of Bitexco building, and the State Treasury of Ho Chi Minh City today.
In 1887, the French filled the canal and merged the road on both sides into Charner Avenue. However, Saigon people call Kinh Lap street.
After filling the canal, the French built a system of tramway (steam train) Saigon - Cho Lon - My Tho. On Charner Avenue, the section near the Saigon River, there is a train station.
And the tallest house is the house of Mr. Vuong Thai, a Chinese giant in Saigon at the end of the 19th century. In 1883, the French government bought this house and completed the repair 4 years later. Today this house is still there, is the headquarters of the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department. Viewed from the walking street, the house is hidden by tall buildings and dense trees.
From the canal to a modern and busy boulevard in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Modern buildings were built by the French on this road. Typical is the Tax Trade Center, built in 1880. The building is the oldest commercial center in Saigon.
At the end of 2016, the Tax mall was demolished to carry out the construction project of a commercial center for office and hotel services.
From the bank of the Saigon River entering, the left side of Charner street has odd numbers, the right side has even numbers. On the left side of the road is a market, so the trade is busy. On the right are mostly French shops and cafes. Kim Do Hotel is now the headquarters of the Société des Garages Charner Company, which has sold and repaired cars since the late 19th century.
Charner Avenue becomes the widest street in Saigon, where major festivals take place, there are many shops and headquarters of companies, hotels... Right at the intersection with d'Ormay street (Mac Thi Buoi) in the east. must be the Grand Hôtel du Coq d'Or. Today it is the Palace Hotel.
Rex Hotel consists of 5 floors built in 1927. Initially, this place was a garage, selling cars. In 1959, the government of the Republic of Vietnam upgraded it to a hotel. After 1975, the hotel was renamed Ben Thanh until 1986 back to the old name as it is today.
At the end of Charner Avenue is Xa Tay Palace, today is the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City built from 1898 to 1909. At the corner of Bonnard (Le Loi) and Charner (Nguyen Hue) avenues is a house named Hotel des Nations, on the right. Figure. In the 40s, the Eden quadrangle was built at the location of this house. By 2012, the project of a commercial center was completed on the basis of the quadrangle.
A famous building on Charner Avenue is the Court of Reconciliation, built in 1870. After the city court was completed in 1887, the Mediation Court was fully functional. The location of the Mediation Court today is a building.
The General Treasury was built in 1920, now is the State Treasury of Ho Chi Minh City.
In 1956, Charner Avenue was renamed Nguyen Hue by the government of the Republic of Vietnam. Since 1960, every spring, Nguyen Hue Boulevard has appeared flower markets from all over to gather at Bach Dang wharf, on the bank and stretching on the boulevard.
In the late 90s, for reasons of order in the city center, Nguyen Hue flower market moved to the park on September 23. In 2004, the flower market returned to the flower street with a new look. In April 2015, Ho Chi Minh City inaugurated the Nguyen Hue walking square with a length of 670 m and a width of 64 m.
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