Independence Palace

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10°46′37″N 106°41′43″E / 10.77694°N 106.69528°E / 10.77694; 106.69528

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 (South 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.

After the reunification of Vietnam, the building continued to serve as a government and presidential office until 1976 when the capital of South Vietnam was officially moved to Hanoi, and the government’s functions were relocated. The palace is now preserved as a museum, open to the public, and is a popular tourist attraction in Ho Chi Minh City.