The Reunification Palace or the Independence Palace (Dinh Độc Lập) i Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon 

In1868 the residence vas built here for the French Governor General of Cochinchina. The residence expanded gradually and was then called the Norodom Palace.

When the French left Vietnam, the palace became the South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem’s residences.
Diem was so hated that his own air force bombed the palace in 1962 in an attempt to kill him. The president ordered a new palace that should have a shelter.

The palace was restored in 1966, but then the president was already dead. He was murdered in 1963 by his own troops.
The building which stands today was designed by the Paris trained Vietnamese architect Ngo Viet (the architect has also designed the French Embassy and some buildings in Hue) and was named the Independence Palace.

The South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu reside here until 1975, and then a short period of Ngyuen Cao Ky, and finally Van Minh. It was the latter who surrendered to North Vietnamese.

The palace has 2000 square meters of glass imported from Japan. Outside are copies of the Chinese armored wagon No 360 and the Russian tank No 893. That crashed through the palace gates at 11.30 April 30, 1975 and ended the war.
The entrance is at 106 Ngyuen You.