Blue and white
A plain front in Chinatown.
Christopher from Shanghai, China — CC BY 2.0 · Alexander Synaptic from Taipei, Taiwan — CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China — CC0
Cholon Mosque is a small mosque in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City's Chinatown, on busy Nguyen Trai Street, built in 1932 by Tamil Muslim merchants from southern India who had settled in Saigon to trade. With its clean lines and its pale blue and white paint, it looks nothing like the ornate Chinese temples on the same street. An ablution pool sits in the middle of its back courtyard, and the prayer hall is plain and carpeted. Today it serves Muslims from Malaysia and Indonesia living in the city alongside local worshippers, and it is one of the few mosques in the central districts, with the Central Mosque on Dong Du Street. The mosque is open daily from 8:00 to 20:00, and entry is free. Modest dress is expected, with long trousers and covered shoulders; take your shoes off before going in and keep quiet at prayer times. Halal restaurants are fewer around here than in District 1 near the Central Mosque.
A plain front in Chinatown.
In the back courtyard.
Cholon's temples and markets around it.
641 Nguyen Trai Street, Cholon
The best known are the Central Mosque on Dong Du Street in District 1 and Cholon Mosque at 641 Nguyen Trai Street in Chinatown; both welcome visitors in modest dress.
