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Super Market and Mini Mart Information (fwd)




If you are to go to VN, you may find this "so^'t de?o" information 
useful.

>From avsl:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 11:19:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tu and Bob Myers 

Here's the information on the super/mini markets.

If anyone has newer or additional information, email it to me and I update
the list.  Thanks in advance.

This post is primarily to publish the names, addresses, and phone numbers
of the mini/supermarkets I found out about, as I promised one of the
Australian correspondents on one of the VN news groups.  (I apologize for
not remembering the correspondents name.)  At the end, I added a book store
I liked.

If you go to any of these places, please tell them you heard about them on 
the interment.

AreaCode: Ca Mau (Minh Hai) . 78
          Can Tho ........... 71
          Ha Noi ............. 4
          Ho Chi Minh ........ 8

 Comment: The comments are my personal opinion.  Please remember my 
comments are from a male, Caucasian, US citizen perspective.  To 
paraphrase the caution given in US TV commercials, "'Your perspective may 
vary', depending on gender, ethnicity, and current country of residence.". 
I've included only what are meant to be positive comments. 

    Note: Factual information.

InfoDate: Where I've included the "InfoDate" it's so you can take it into
consideration when evaluating the information.  The date is in (one of) 
the International Standards Organization (ISO) format(s).  Viet Nam seems
to have come to the numbered months solution a long time before a lot of
other countries. 

The date is in the form:
YYYYMMDD
  |   | |__2 digit Day of month, 01- 31
  |   |____2 digit Month of year, 01-12
  |________4 digit Year
 Example: Tet 1997 is 19970207

Mini/Super Markets
==================

          Alfonco Ltd.
 Address: 4A Le Loi
          Ho Chi Minh
   Voice: 829-3668
          829-1730
InfoDate: 19970403
    Note: Parent company of MaxiMark

          Cho Hom Mini-Market
 Address: Top Floor of Cho Hom
          Hue
          Ha Noi
InfoDate: 19970216
    Note: Not Visited.  Information from the "Time Out" 
            supplement to the "Vietnam Investment Review"
            for February  3-16, 1997, pages 11 and 13.

          CitiMart
 Address: 21-23 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai
          Quan 1
          Ho Chi Minh
   Voice: 824-4818
InfoDate: 19970401
 Comment: -Visited and returned
          -Manager, Ms. Hoa, is older sister of MaxiMark manager
          -Also has something to do with the "Food Center", which I don't
            have any more information about.

          Citi Mart
 Address: 235 Nguyen Van Cu
          Quan 5
          Ho Chi Minh
InfoDate: 19970216
    Note: Not Visited.  Information from the "Time Out" 
            supplement to the "Vietnam Investment Review"
            for February  3-16, 1997, pages 11 and 13.

          Citimart Lakai
 Address: 121 Nguyen Tri Phuong
          Quan 5
          Ho Chi Minh
InfoDate: 19970216
    Note: Not Visited.  Information from the "Time Out" 
            supplement to the "Vietnam Investment Review"
            for February  3-16, 1997, pages 11 and 13.

          Co-Op Mart
 Address: 102 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia
          Quan 1
          Ho Chi Minh
   Voice: 839-4973
          832-5659
     FAX: 822-8469
InfoDate: 19970205
 Comment: -Visited, and returned.
          -Address doesn't seem correct, but took if off business 
             card.
     See: ITC-SHC Minimart

          DonaMart
 Address: 63 Ly Tu Trong
          Quan 1
          Ho Chi Minh
   Voice: 824-4808
     FAX: 825-8188
    Note: Not Visited.  Information from the "Time Out"
            supplement to the "Vietnam Investment Review"
            for February  3-16, 1997, pages 11 and 13.

          Dong Khanh Department Store
 Address: 850 Tran Hung Dao
          Ho Chi Minh
    Note: Not Visited.  Information from the "Time Out" 
            supplement to the "Vietnam Investment Review"
            for February  3-16, 1997, pages 11 and 13.

          Fimex
 Address: 199 Nguyen Trai
          Quan 1
   Voice: 839-4449
     FAX: 836-4156
InfoDate: 19970206
 Comment: -Visited, would return if in area.

          Hanoi Market
 Address: 7 Dinh Tien Hoang
          Ha Noi
InfoDate: 19970216
    Note: Not Visited.  Information from the "Time Out" 
            supplement to the "Vietnam Investment Review"
            for February  3-16, 1997, pages 11 and 13.

          ITC-SHC Minimart
 Address: 101 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia
          Quan 1
          Ho Chi Minh
   Voice: 829-2035
InfoDate: 19970401
 Comment: -Best, most detailed receipt.
          -1st floor above ground level in ITC Building.
          -Address is correct, took it off receipt, and was there in 
            ITC building, but didn't remember it being across from 
            Co-op mart.  (Could be senility, or just the building numbers
            in HCM.)

          Kim Thanh Grocery Store
 Address: 64 Ham Nghi
          Quan 1
          Ho Chi Minh
   Voice: 824-1422
InfoDate: 19970402
 Comment: -Typical (stereotypical) "oriental" style store (almost enough
            room for customers).  Nice people, lots of things if you can 
            find them.  If you don't see it, ask.  It's there 
            someplace.  About 50% VN and 50% foreign customers.
          -Only place I was able to find Schweppes ginger ale.
          -Say "Hi" to "Mom" (the manager) for me.  (If you want 
            an explanation, send me email.)

          Le Beaulieu Gourmand
 Address: Hanoi Sofiel Metropole
          Ly Thai To
          Ha Noi
   Voice: 826-6919 Ext. 8059
InfoDate: 19970216
    Note: Not Visited.  Information from the "Time Out" 
            supplement to the "Vietnam Investment Review"
            for February  3-16, 1997, pages 11 and 13.

          MaxiMark
 Address: 3C Ba Thang Hai
          Quan 10
          Ho Chi Minh
   Voice: 835-6617
          832-5324
     FAX: 839-1285
InfoDate: 19970331
 Comment: -More like a mini mall, small super market plus clothing, 
           jewelry, cosmetic and other concessions.  Two floors.
          -Manager is younger sister of CitiMart manager
          -Visited, returned several times, with VN and US customers

          MaxiMark Minh Hai
 Address: 2 Bay Thien
          Ca Mau MH
InfoDate: 19970331 (Last date I visited MaxiMark and picked up a bag.)
    Note: -Didn't visit because I didn't get to Ca Mau (City).
          -Name and address were on the bag I got from MaxiMark 
            at 3C Ba Thang Hai in HCM.

          Megamart
 Address: 71 Pastur
          Ho Chi Minh
InfoMart: 19970121
 Comment: Was closed and remodeling was going on when I visited in 
            January never went back.

          Mini Food Shop
  Postal: 68 Nguyen An Ninh
          TP Can Tho
   Voice: 825-450
     FAX: 825-209
InfoDate: 19970325
 Comment: Visited, returned when other stores did not have an 
            item.

          Mini-Market
 Address: 14 Ly Nam De
          Ha Noi
InfoDate: 19970216
    Note: Not Visited.  Information from the "Time Out" 
            supplement to the "Vietnam Investment Review"
            for February  3-16, 1997, pages 11 and 13.

          Minimart
 Address: 365 Ngo Gia Tu
          Ho Chi Minh
InfoDate: 19970216
    Note: Not Visited.  Information from the "Time Out" 
            supplement to the "Vietnam Investment Review"
            for February  3-16, 1997, pages 11 and 13.

          MiniMart
 Address: 326 Cach Mang Thang Tam
          Quan 3
          Ho Chi Minh
   Voice: 846-6685
CallLink: 890-8680
    Note: A couple of blocks from the train station.
 Comment: Run by a husband & wife.  I was looking for some plastic 
            bags for motion sickness.  (Four of my family who came to
            HCM to see us off all get very car sick.) When the
            proprietors found out why I needed the bags, they found 
            about 25 small shopping bags and gave them to me.  Very nice
            thing to do for a first time customer who they new was leaving
            the next day and wouldn't be back for two years.  Nice folks!

          MiniMart No 1
 Address: 01 Ngo Quen
          TP Can Tho
   Voice: 824-133
     FAX: 820-068
InfoDate: 19970331
    Note: -At junction of North end of Cho Can Tho (Can Tho Market)
            Ben Ninh Kieu Park next to the river.
          -Not associated with the "MiniMart on Cach Manh Thang Tam
          -Part of Can Tho General Trading Corporation, "CTC".
 Comment: Manager, Mr. Nguyen Thanh My speaks good English
          Visited, returned many times, VN customers
          Excellent reference for judging prices in the Market

          Mini-Mart
 Address: Intershop
          Nguyen Trung Truc
          Quan 1
          Ho Chi Minh
InfoDate: 19970216
    Note: Not Visited.  Information from the "Time Out" 
            supplement to the "Vietnam Investment Review" 
            for February 3-16, 1997, pages 11 and 13. 

          Saigon Co-Op
     See: Co-Op Mart

          Star Market
 Address: 30 Ly Thai To
          Ha Noi
InfoDate: 19970216
    Note: Not Visited.  Information from the "Time Out" 
            supplement to the "Vietnam Investment Review"
            for February  3-16, 1997, pages 11 and 13.

          Thai Ha Mini-Market
 Address: 218B Thai H
          Ha Noi
InfoDate: 19970216
    Note: Not Visited.  Information from the "Time Out" 
            supplement to the "Vietnam Investment Review"
            for February  3-16, 1997, pages 11 and 13.


          Western Canned Food
 Address: 66 Ba Trieu
          Ha Noi
InfoDate: 19970216
    Note: Not Visited.  Information from the "Time Out" 
            supplement to the "Vietnam Investment Review"
            for February  3-16, 1997, pages 11 and 13.

Book Store
==========

          Nguyen Trai
 Address: 02 Nguyen Trai
          Quan 5
          Ho Chi Minh
   Voice: 835-3452
InfoDate: 19971401
 Comment: Lot's of technical, computer and English books.

That's all folks.

Bob
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