Ho Chi Minh City Hall

Ho Chi Minh City Hall Ho Chi Minh City People's Council and People's Committee Head Office
Trụ sở Hội đồng Nhân dân và Ủy ban Nhân dân Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
Ho Chi Minh City Hall looking over Nguyen Hue Boulevard square
Former names	L'hôtel de ville ("municipal hall") Tòa đô chánh Sài Gòn ("Saigon mayor's hall")
General information
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts
Location	Ho Chi Minh City
Address	86 Le Thanh Ton, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Coordinates	10°46′35″N 106°42′03″E / 10.7765°N 106.7009°E / 10.7765; 106.7009
Current tenants	Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee
Groundbreaking	1898; 126 years ago (1898)
Completed	1908; 116 years ago (1908)
Cost	Original building: 1.5 million French francs (~US$36 million in 2024)
Client	French Indochina
Height	98 feet (30 m)
Technical details
Floor count	Original building: 2 Expanded buildings: 2-4
Grounds	7,500 square metres (1.9 acres)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Fernand Gardè
Other designers	Facade sculptors: Louis - Lucien Ruffier (1898-1907) Bonnet (1907-1909)

Ho Chi Minh City Hall, officially called the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council and People's Committee Head Office (Vietnamese: Trụ sở Hội đồng Nhân dân và Ủy ban Nhân dân Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), is the city hall of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is located in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City downtown, bounded by Pasteur, Lý Tự Trọng, Đồng Khởi, and Lê Thánh Tôn streets, with its front facade facing Nguyễn Huệ Boulevard square. The building houses the office of the city's Chairman of the People's Committee, Ho Chi Minh City People's Council and various city government departments including Transportation, Natural Resources & Environment, Industry & Trade and Home Affairs within the block.^[1]

The building served as an administrative house for past governments during French colonial period and Vietnam War. Ho Chi Minh City Hall is now Vietnam's National Heritage Site and is open for public at the last weekend of a month.^[2]