Deep into alley 193/19, through a black arch of tightly packed old books, lies another world: a reading room with yellowed book walls, glowing vinyl-record shelves, the vinyl staircase — a "memory corridor" — and upstairs, a whole wall of vintage sewing machines.

Every object here — old radios, leather suitcases, typewriters, rotary phones — was collected by the eye of someone who keeps memories. A calm, warm space of wood and old paper; daylight through the skylight by day, only warm lamp light at night.

Copied verbatim from the in-store price board — prices in thousands of dong; two-size items list both tiers.

193/19 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, Xuan Hoa Ward, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City · Open 24 hours, every day · +84 774 639 061