The « Brasseries et Glacières d'Indochine »
(Breweries and Ice-Houses of Indochina)
B.G.I.
![Bière 33 Brasseries et Glacières d'Indochine](saigon/biere_33_small.jpg)
![Bière 33 Saïgon](affiches/01_11_small.jpg)
The « Brasseries et Glacières d'Indochine » (Breweries and Ice-Houses
of Indochina) which made the famous beers “Hommel & Larue” and “33” export beers
B.G.I. Cholon
Bureaux : 187, boulevard Armand Rousseau Cholon
![BGI Cholon BGI Cholon](saigon_12/bgi-cholon_small.jpg)
Usine : 7, quai Choquan Cholon
![Citroën truck leaving the BGI manufactory in Cholon Citroën truck leaving the BGI manufactory in Cholon](saigon_13/BGI_small.jpg)
At the end of the 19th century, a demobilized top sergeant of the French Army took up beer-making in Saigon by joining a brewer from Hanoi, a certain Hommel, to found the Breweries and Ice-Houses of Indochina, (BGI).
![Larue Beer](saigon/larue_small.jpg)
After the death of its founder, The Denis Brothers, the company of the four brothers from Bordeaux which had been in Saigon since 1862, took over the business. Over 4000 persons worked for BGI until 1975.
![Brasseries & Glacières de l'Indochine Bière Royale Cholon](saigon/biere_royale_small.gif)
![Bière Larue Vietnam](affiches/01_07_small.jpg)
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Hommel Beer
![Hommel Beer BGI Saigon](gifs/biere-hommel.gif)
Shoe shop Bata
![](saigon/bata.gif)
- Shop :
- at 76, Paris Street
Cholon
Management :
![Chaussures Bata Saïgon](saigon/chaussures-bata.gif)
76, Marechal de Tassigny Street
Saigon
Manufactury :
Petrus-Ky Street Vietnam Soap
![Savon Vietnam Saigon](saigon_6/savon-vietnam_small.jpg)
at 40–49 Rue du Cambodge
(Cambodia Street)
Cholon
was the Truong-Van-Beng & Son Inc. company which made “Vietnam” oils and soap.
Chair Man :
Mister Truong Khac Tri
![Savon Vietnam](saigon/Savon_VietNam_small.jpg)
Cholon railway station in 1948
![La Gare de Cholon](saigon/gare_cholon_small.jpg)
Rice storage
- Association des Rizeries Chinoises
- 592, rue des Marins
- Ban Aik Guan Rizerie
320, quai Choquan
Indochina Rice Society
49, quai des Poteries
![Le riz d'Indochine](affiches/01_06_small.jpg)
Miscellaneous:
- Air France Agency
1, rue Foulken
- Air Vietnam Agency
288, rue des Marins
![Air Vietnam Saïgon Paris](affiches/Air_vietnam_2_small.jpg)
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The main Post Office (PTT)
- corner of the Rue des Jardins and the old Place du Marché, The main Post Office (PTT) in Cholon
![Bueau de la Poste de Cholon](saigon/cholon-ptt_small.jpg)
Indochina Cigarette Manufacturers
![Cigarettes Cotab Cholon](saigon_8/Cigarettes-Cotab_small.jpg)
- at 11e R.I.C. Avenue
Indochina Cigarette Manufacturers
( M.I.N.)
![Cigarettes Nationales](affiches/cigarettes_nationales_2_small.jpg)
Central Market
(now Ben Thanh)
![Le marché Central de Cholon](saigon/marche_cholon_small.jpg)
Cholon means “big market” and represents the large commercial center of the Cochin-Chinese capital, with a population of ethnic Chinese, the Hoa.
The Binh Tay market was built toward the end of the 1920’s and is recognizable by its belfry
![marché central de Cholon](saigon/marche_cholon_2_small.jpg)
Firework's merchant in Cholon's central market.
![marché central de Cholon](saigon/cholon_marche_small.jpg)
Administration
Prefecture of Saigon Cholon
218, rue des marins
Police Station 7th district
rue Bahat
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