Dong Xuan market in Berlin
Friday, 14:40, 17/01/2014
(VOV) - The Vietnamese-owned Dong Xuan Centre is one of the 16 attractive tourist destinations at the heart of Berlin, Germany.
Founded in 2003, Dong Xuan Centre is located on Herzberg street, Lichtenberg district, East Berlin |
Covering 185,000 square meters, the centre consists of 4 residence halls where 450 households and 1,000 people reside and do business |
Kiosks offer a variety of goods, ranging from fashionable clothing…. |
…. to household utensils and handicrafts made of bamboo and rattan |
Artificial flowers are imported from Vietnam and China |
Stationery shops sell CDs, DVDs, books, newspapers, and magazines imported from Vietnam |
Special editions for the Year of the Horse are off the shelf |
The centre also houses beauty salons |
… and Vietnamese restaurants offering traditional dishes |
Supermarkets sell Vietnamese food for daily meal |
They even offer votive paper-made products and incense |
... bunches of banana |
and square-shaped sticky rice cakes and donuts for the Tet holiday |
Notice boards with miscellaneous information in Vietnamese |
The centre even attracts foreign visitors shopping and sampling dishes |
It becomes one the key trade centres in Berlin |