HANOI PRESIDENTIAL PALACE

Hanoi Presidential Palace [Ho Chi Minh Presidential Palace]


Presidential palace of Hanoi: Its more than a palace, this yellow facade [color of communism] building will impress you while you walking toward it. Get closer and see a palace full of history, and that will help you better understand the history of Vietnam.

Among the all Hanoi tourist attractions the Presidential Palace will impress you with its scenic beauty. As you visit Hanoi, you must not miss out the Presidential Palace in Hanoi. Presidential Palace in Hanoi is a three story monument located on the north of Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. The Palace stands as a French contribution to the architectural splendor in Indochina. This mustard-yellow palace was built from 1900 to 1906 to function as the living and operational bases of the governors-general of Indochina, the designs of this palace were conceived by Auguste Henri Vildieu, the French architect officially appointed for Vietnam.

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Presidential palace of Hanoi, Vietnam

The Hanoi Presidential Palace, in Vietnamese Phủ Chủ tịch, is a vast looking European-designed palace that is located in the same complex together with Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and his stilt-house.

Some interesting facts about the Palace: It was built by the French at the time of Indochina’s domination, since Vietnam and Hanoi were a very important communications hub, making it the capital of all Southeast Asia. It was built between 1900 and 1906 by Auguste Henri Vildieu, who was the official French architect in Vietnam, and he built it 100% based on European standard and tradition, more specifically, French and Italian. The Hanoi Presidential Palace itself was the residence of the French Governor-General of Indochina, who, between you and me, was the most powerful organ in the entire area of French domination.

What is the Presidential Palace in Hanoi like?

The Palace is largest of the complex surrounded by a very large parkland area in Ba Dinh square of Hanoi, the Palace is surrounded by iron gates and, most peculiarly, it is surrounded by sentry boxes to stand guard. If we look at the elements, we see the typical French colonial Palace, also seasoned with elements of the Italian Renaissance, something totally anachronistic in the year 1900, which remained there.

Ho Chi Minh and the Presidential Palace

In fact, the history of president Ho Chi Minh is linked to the Presidential Palace in Hanoi. It was in 1954 when the Vietnamese expelled the French and got the control of Vietnam again, this Palace being a symbol of where power was managed. President Ho Chi Minh only lived there for 4 years, while they built what would later be known as The Zancuda House or, directly, The House of Ho Chi Minh, a very small wooden house humble where he resided until his death.

Visiting Presidential Palace, opening hours & entrance fee?

Although you can access the gardens and approach the Presidential Palace by walking around the complex, however, you are one able to take photos and walk around and it is not possible to walk inside the palace and visit its various rooms and mansions as this is known as the element of the Government of Vietnam. In fact, inside this Palace government meetings continue to be held. In addition, as sometime political meetings are still held at Presidential Palace Hanoi, visitors are only allowed to explore the gardens and Ho Chi Minh’s stilt home with an entrance fee of VND 25,000 with opening hours to visitors from 8.30 am to 4 or 5 pm.

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Where is the presidential palace of Hanoi?

Presidential palace is located very central, in the same giant enclosure where the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and his stilt house are located. In terms of direction, it’s at Số 2 Hùng Vương, Ngọc Hồ in the Ba Đình quarter, but the most comfortable thing is that you go directly to the Mausoleum, and you’ll see it next door.

Although the hours are something that changes a lot in Vietnam, the presidential palace usually open every day between 8.30 and 11.30 and in the afternoon from 14.00 to 16.00, but it is very normal that you find it one day closed for officials to hold meetings , or to extend its hours until 17.00.

History of Hanoi presidential palace

The history of the Presidential Palace in Hanoi goes hand in hand with one of the many legends that have managed to magnify the figure of Ho Chi Minh in present-day Vietnam. The Hanoi Presidential Palace is located in the Ba Dihn district, very close to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. It is an imposing colonial house built in 1906 and used as the residence of the highest representative of France, in what the French called Indochina. However, when the Vietnamese expelled the French in 1954, they wanted to use this fabulous building as the residence of the President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, a position held by Ho Chi Minh.

However, the father of modern Vietnam, president Ho Chi Minh, rejected the comfort and luxuries of the Presidential Palace and only used three modest servant rooms to live. Four years later, he left these rooms to live in the so-called Casa Zancuda, a tiny house on pillars in which he lived until his death. Today this pillared house is a major tourist attraction for Vietnamese as it was there that Ho Chi Minh made most of its decisions. This is the story that unites the Presidential Palace in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh.

Today, the interior of the Presidential Palace is not accessible, as it continues to host government meetings frequently. It is possible to walk through its lush gardens, full of fruit trees, one of the best places in Hanoi to relax and escape from the chaos and bustle that characterize the city. Your visit is the ideal time to go, in addition to the Ho Chi Minh House, its Mausoleum and the Single one Pillar Pagoda, also in the Ba Ding district. Make sure to plan your Vietnam package tours including a few days in Hanoi to visit its cultural tourist attractions.

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