Independence Palace
| Independence Palace | |
|---|---|
Dinh Độc Lập | |
View of the palace in 2019 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Presidential Palace |
| Address | 135 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street, Bến Thành, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Construction started | 1 July 1962 |
| Completed | 31 October 1966 |
| Height | 26 m |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Floor area | 120,000 sq m |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Ngô Viết Thụ |
| Civil engineer | Phan Văn Điển |
The Independence Palace (Vietnamese: Dinh Độc Lập), also publicly known as the Reunification Convention Hall (Vietnamese: Hội trường Thống Nhất), is a landmark in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon), Vietnam. It was designed by architect Ngô Viết Thụ and was the home and workplace of the president of the Republic of Vietnam. It was the site of the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975 that ended the Vietnam War, when a North Vietnamese Army tank crashed through its gates.
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