Existing for half a century, the traditional Cmarket in Ho Chi Minh City has long attracted visitors with its authentic fare. Local Vietnamese Cambodian vendors have resided in Vietnam for decades, having fled back in the 1970s due to the neighboring civil war. There were allegedly only 10 small businesses here in the 1980s. In 1988, over 90 households around Le Hong Phong sold flowers. The number has since risen to more than 100