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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Ho Chi Minh: Reunification Palace

After having a long hours shopping at Ben Thah Market, we went to Reunification Palace by taxi. Then we walked to other places eg the Opera House and People Committee House.

Reunification Palace, that formerly known as Independence Palace, was the home and workplace of the President of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. It was the site of the end of the Vietnam War during the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, when a North Vietnamese Army tank crashed through its gates.


Outside the Buildingdscf8998_副本For me, the building structure is more like a school instead of a Palace.dscf9002_副本Personally think that I snapped this at a magnificent angle.
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dscf9001_副本img_0323_副本img_0324_副本3 silly posingimg_0331_副本Oppa Gangnam Style in front of a tank

Inside the building
We didn’t have tour guide with us while we were visiting the Palace. 
So, for me the Reunification Palace have banquet room, meeting room
and then more room, room,and rooms.
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dscf9009_副本DSCF9015_副本A mini garden inside the building.
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Theatre room.dscf9021_副本There is a Huey helicopter on the roof.
The two red spots are where the bombs were 

dropped by a South Vietnamese fighter pilot,
in his failed attempt to kill the first President Diem.dscf9022_副本A random picture taken from the highest floor.

War room underneath the Palace
As I forementioned, Reunification Palace is also the working place of the President during the Vietnam War.
The best place to build the command centre during the war is definitely be the basement.
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The bedroom that use by the President during the war.
img_0371_副本DSCF9023_副本img_0374_副本The workstation and communication centre

Details of Reunification Palace
Entrance fee: 15000 dong.
Open from 7.30 am-11 am and 1.00-4.00 pm

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