Independence Palace

Location: 106 Nguyen Du, District 1, HCMC. Ho Chi Minh.

Characteristics: Previously in 1873 on the ground is a mansion called Norodom- palace residence of Governor General of Indochina in Saigon.

In 1954, President Ngo Dinh Diem puppet authorities and their family Wu has lived and worked within the Norodom Palace. 02/27/1962 By Norodom Palace bomber was badly damaged. Diem was to destroy the entire Norodom Palace, built an entirely new palace called the Palace of Independence.

Palace has an area of ​​4500m2 on site using large land 120.000m2 including 1 basement, three main floors, 2 mezzanines, 1 terrace and upstairs floor resort called Tu Phuong. The Palace has 100 rooms, each with its own layout according to the contents of each room. Reception hall can accommodate 800 people ... Dinh also has two exhibition halls with a total area of ​​2,000 m2, a 33-room guest house, home standby generators 350 KVA capacity and many entertainment services such as tennis courts, Highland stilts ...

11:30 '30/4/1975 liberation army tanks were headed to the Presidential Palace, the government consists of 45 people last Wei President Duong Van Minh to surrender unconditionally.

Following liberation, the Palace of Independence is the headquarters of the Committee of Managing military city. The consultative conference convened reunification here in May 12/1975. Today, the Palace of Independence has become the cultural and historical monuments in the crowded domestic and foreign guests to visit.