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