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Reunification Palace, Ho Chi Minh City
Author: Eustaquio Santimano (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic)
The Reunification Palace is a building in Ho Chi Minh City set on a spacious ground which was formerly the Norodom Palace, former official residence of the French governor general. Under South Vietnam, the palace became the residence of its president Ngo Dinh Diem, and was known as the Presidential Palace. However the palace was destroyed when President Diem's own people tried to kill him in a failed assassination attempt.
The palace was then rebuilt, but before Diem could move in, he was killed. The building was then used by the subsequent president, Van Thieu, until such time that he was forced to flee Saigon from a rooftop helipad when the troops of North Vietnam advanced into the city.
After the south surrendered, the building was renamed the Reunification Palace. It is very much unchanged from the time it was built in the 1960's, with wide corridors and spacious lobbies. The interior is furnished with antiques and decorated with chandeliars. In the basement is a military operations center while on the third floor, surprisingly, is a gambling den.
Location
The Reunification Palace is located at 135 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City.Return to Ho Chi Minh City Budget Travel Guide
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