Presidential Palace in Hanoi

The Presidential Palace is a typical & beautiful building of French colonial architecture worth for your visiting when doing a vacation to Hanoi, Vietnam

The Presidential Palace Hanoi -an impressive building of French architecture

The Presidential Palace is a part of Ho Chi Minh Complex and located next to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. When doing your trip paying homage to our great leader Ho Chi Minh in his Mausoleum, getting an entrance ticket of 40.000 vnd, you can visit the places where President Ho Chi Minh used to live & work ( 1954-1969), together with a nice view of this palace- a elegant building of French colonial architecture as well.The palace is a big contrast to a simple house on stilts,in which Uncle Ho lived and worked between 1958 and 1969, till his decease.

Presidential Palace HCMM

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

The history of The Presidential Palace

The palace was built in 1900 and completed in 1906 by the French. At that time, it was used as the head office of the French Governer- General of Indochina.The building is of distinct colonial architectural style, with the massive iron gate, the bright yellowish façade with a grand staircase.The whole structure was designed by French architect Auguste Henri Vildieu. It is of an architectural style called Beaux-Arts, which was quite prevailing back that time.

After gaining a victory against the French in Dien Bien Phu battle, Ho Chi Minh President & Government came back to Hanoi on 10^th October 1954 – the day of Hanoi capital liberation with big annual celebrations . The structure was supposed to be the headquarter of new-born government, but the leader, the great Ho Chi Minh, refused to live there for the worry about symbolic negative influences.In stead, he chose a humble house nearby to live and work there. The palace was only used for holding important diplomatic or governmental meetings or receiving significant foreign dignitaries, as like today

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Elegant view of Presidental Palace

Therefore,now, the Presidential Palace is not opened to the general public to tour around, but the massive garden around it is. A lane, lined up by mango trees, is meandering through the garden, starting from the visitor’s entrance and leading up to the stilt house at the end. The Presidential Palace can be observed quite clearly from there, and wandering off the lane is strongly not recommended. The palace is opened from 7:30 to 11:00am, 1:30pm to 4:00pm every day.

The location of the Presidential Palace

In order to visit this palace, you can do it yourselves or it is a better way to take part in our guided Hanoi city tour operated daily to explore different famous attractions in Hanoi, including a stop to the Presidential Palace .This Hanoi Tour surely provides you with valuable insights of Hanoi’s history, culture & people.For more information about Hanoi or Hanoi tours,you can visit our travel site http://goldenholidaytravel.com or feel free to email us, we will feedback you with useful consultancy for your enjoyable vacation in Hanoi, Vietnam.

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Hi Ban

I hope you havent't forgot us. If you have I have included a photo of us in attach file.I promised to e-mail you when we get back. Sorry for the delay but we had so much shit to sort out when we've got back home.

Thanks very much for giving us a tour of Hanoi. Without you two, we would of missed a hell of a lot of Hanoi which we never had the time to explore.

When we were in the south, we came across a lot of English and Irish backpackers that were heading to Hanoi and we've recomended you and the taxi driver Binh to them. I hope they contact you two when they get to Hanoi and give you business.

So so much had changed since I left Vietnam. Some changes are positive and a lot of negatives but people link yourself and Binh will keep up the traditions.

I hope that you will get this e-mail. If you do please reply.

Since we've came home, I've had so many ideas about starting a business venture in Vietnam and and hoping that you might want to be be part of the it.

Alec (Hung)

Alec Hung & Challote from UK

Dear Ban,

Sorry for being late.

I tried to write you a letter several times, but I couldn't finish the letter. I don't know why.

I am still in winter vacation, so I have been very lazy, frankly speaking. And I miss you and the other good people I met in Vietnam. You cannot imagine how much it is!! As for our meeting, let's put it aside for my next trip, possibly that would be the coming August. At that time, we can have time to talk a lot about Vietnamese school system and other interesting things. Don't you think??

And I am so happy to know that you think my voice is tender in different songs... *^^*

By the way, how's it going with your new business? Is it going well? I'm sure you will be successful because you are quite ambitious and intelligent. You agree, Ban?? ^^

When my school starts, I cannot tell anything about Vietnam without talking about you to my students... I get impressed a lot, surely yu know that. Right?

I will attach the picture you took together in my next mail because my camera battery is out. Sorry about that!!

It's Saturday today. I wonder what you are doing at this moment in Vietnam when I am writing to you. Keep in touch often. OK?? ^^

Take care and be well & happy

Your friend,

Hwayoung Lee from Korea

Ms Hwayoung Lee from Korea

Hello Mr Ban,
What a surprise to hear from you and a good one. yes I do remember you quite well....as Black Dan? Is this right?
It has been 5 years since I was in your country. a long time, but I remember how bright and funny you were and also how polite!!!
So, have you a family to look after now? A wife and some beautiful children?
I hope all is well with you and you have plenty of work to do.
I am taking a break at my work as it is Christmas time here and everything stops and family get together. I know you have TET around the corner and I wish you much success and good fortune for the next year. Which animal will it be next year for TET, I wonder? And which year you born in?
I am still working with flowers. Iam known as a florist and my job keeps me pretty busy. I enjoy it very much as I love to make beautiful things from flowers and stones, dried things from Mother Nature and sometimes with man made stuff as well.
It is quite funny that you emailed me at this time as I have been thinking of coming over to Vietnam alot lately and may do next year sometime. I missed out on a few places I would love to go ( Hoi Ann), and re visit some places I have been to last time. Are you still a guide?
All the best.

Julie

Ms Julie deVis- Australia