Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam: An unlikely place for a record collector's paradise

By Andrea Black
May 30 2015 - 12:15am
Around the world, vinyl fans scour old and new stock. Photo: Luis Ascui
Around the world, vinyl fans scour old and new stock. Photo: Luis Ascui
Around the world, vinyl fans scour old and new stock. Photo: Luis Ascui
Around the world, vinyl fans scour old and new stock. Photo: Luis Ascui
Around the world, vinyl fans scour old and new stock. Photo: Luis Ascui
Around the world, vinyl fans scour old and new stock. Photo: Luis Ascui
Around the world, vinyl fans scour old and new stock. Photo: Luis Ascui
Around the world, vinyl fans scour old and new stock. Photo: Luis Ascui
House of Oldies at 35 Carmine Street, New York has thousands of vintage record albums for sale.  Photo: New York Daily News
House of Oldies at 35 Carmine Street, New York has thousands of vintage record albums for sale. Photo: New York Daily News
Ben Thanh Market is Ho Chi Minh's biggest market. Photo: iStock
Ben Thanh Market is Ho Chi Minh's biggest market. Photo: iStock
Around the world, vinyl fans scour old and new stock. Photo: Luis Ascui
Around the world, vinyl fans scour old and new stock. Photo: Luis Ascui
Saigon's famous Ben Thanh market. Photo: John Kirk
Saigon's famous Ben Thanh market. Photo: John Kirk

My hands are filthy, the dust has settled so deeply under the fingernails that no amount of scrubbing can dislodge the grime, and I'm being called downstairs for dinner. I'm in a family home on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City – still known as Saigon here – and Ngoc has laid out quite the spread: pho, catfish, water spinach and bo luc lac.

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