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The Ho Chi Minh City Metro (HCMC Metro, Vietnamese: Đường sắt đô thị Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, lit. 'urban railway of the city of Ho Chi Minh') is a planned rapid transit system that will serve Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Its first metro line, Line 1, started construction in 2012 and is scheduled for completion in the fourth ...
Line 1 is a rapid transit line of the Ho Chi Minh City Metro, Vietnam. [1] Line 1 is the city's first metro line, connecting District 1 and Thu Duc City. [2] [3] The line began construction in 2012, initially scheduled for completion in 2018. The project's completion date has been delayed to the end of 2024.
The 461.2-metre (1,513 ft) tall, 81-story building is located at the western banks of the Saigon River in Binh Thanh District, the north side of Ho Chi Minh City's historic center and to the immediate southern side of Saigon Bridge. The tower is built at the heart of Vinhomes Central Park, a $1.5 billion high-end mixed-use urban area. The ...
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC; Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), also known as Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn), is the most populous city in Vietnam, with a population of around 10 million in 2023. [7] The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest Saigon River is named after. As a municipality, Ho Chi Minh City ...
Thủ Thiêm is situated on a point bar of the Saigon River, which also references as Thủ Thiêm Peninsula, in the municipal division known as Thủ Đức.On the opposite bank of the river are the Bình Thạnh District, District 1—Ho Chi Minh City's central business district—District 4 and District 7.
The United States Embassy in Saigon was first established in June 1952, and moved into a new building in 1967 and eventually closed in 1975. The embassy was the scene of a number of significant events of the Vietnam War, most notably the Viet Cong attack during the Tet Offensive which helped turn American public opinion against the war, and the helicopter evacuation during the Fall of Saigon ...
81 (+3 basements) 2018. The tallest building in Ho Chi Minh City and Vietnam. The tallest building 17th in the world and 2nd in Southeast Asia. The height to the top is 469.5m. The highest Skyview observatory in Vietnam is located on floors 79 to 81 of the building. 2. Bitexco Financial Tower.
Phan Văn Điển. The Independence Palace (Vietnamese: Dinh Độc Lập), also publicly known as the Reunification Convention Hall (Vietnamese: Hội trường Thống Nhất), is a landmark in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon), Vietnam. It was designed by architect Ngô Viết Thụ and was the home and workplace of the president ...