Independence Palace (Reunification Palace)

Dinh Độc Lập

Where the tanks broke through in 1975, frozen in 1960s style

Hours

Daily 7am–6pm including holidays (from 1 May 2026, per the official site)

Tickets

Palace plus exhibition 80,000 VND adults, 40,000 students/seniors, 20,000 ages 6–16 (official site). Palace only 40,000; with electric-cart tour 105,000 (on-site board, Sept 2026)

Address

135 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street (main gate and ticketing); a second gate at 106 Nguyen Du

This is where the war ended: on 30 April 1975 North Vietnamese tanks rammed the front gates. Built in 1966 as South Vietnam's presidential palace, its meeting rooms, reception halls and banqueting room still wear their 1960s modernist furniture. The best part is underground, where low concrete corridors lead past radio rooms and a command centre with war maps still on the walls. A helicopter sits on the roof, two of the tanks from that day stand in the grounds, and the lawns are usually busy with students in graduation gowns.