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What do the letters EL, in your context, refer to?

EL - electric?

Are you in Saigon (Hochiminh city)?

If so you can go to street Nhật Tảo district 10, There is the big EL market for you.

You could have saved a day.

If you want twin, say for a light, there are many stores that carry it. There are stores on Pasteur near Ham Nghi which sell all sorts of things electronic.

On Ham Nghi itself, from Pasteur towards the river there are others that sell cable.

Cho Dan Sinh Market, entered from the pagoda on Nguyen Cong Tru, there is a stall that sells single and two core cable about 20 metres in on the right-hand side.

I can help you better if you tell me what parts of the city you haunt.

Wherever you are staying would likely know the best place to go.

If you want an electrical store - boxes, conduits, etc there's one at 107 Calmette (and several others nearby) and. of course, plugs, sockets.

Before you buy, have the vendor remove the insulation for about a quarter inch. Make sure it is copper - some cheap Chinese cable uses iron wire instead of copper which gets hot when used (think fire) especially in cheap extension cords / wires.

I think the VB for electric wire is "dây điện".