Independence Palace through time

Ho Chi Minh City 2009–2023 5 photos of this spot

5 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Ho Chi Minh City, spanning 2009–2023. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

Taken in 2009, this photograph shows the Reunification Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, formerly the presidential palace of South Vietnam.

Reunification Palace 2009 Taken in 2009, this photograph shows the Reunification Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, formerly the presidential palace of South Vietnam.

Bến Thành, Quận 1, TPHCM, Vietnam 2015 This 2015 photograph was taken near Ben Thanh in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City, an area centered on the city's well-known market dating to the early 20th century, long a focal point of daily commerce.

Independence Palace 2017 Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City served as the residence and workplace of the President of South Vietnam until April 1975, when a tank crashing through its gates marked the end of the Vietnam War. Photographed in 2017, the building is preserved today as a historic landmark and museum.

Reunification Palace 2018 The Reunification Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, photographed in 2018. Formerly known as Independence Palace, it was the site where North Vietnamese tanks breached the gates on 30 April 1975, an event widely regarded as marking the end of the Vietnam War.

Independence Palace 2023 Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City, the former seat of South Vietnam's government, is remembered as the site North Vietnamese tanks entered on the final day of the Vietnam War in April 1975. Photographed in 2023.