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Dinh Doc Lap or Independence Palace was completed in 1966 after three years of
construction. The plans were drawn by Mr. Ngo Viet Thu, winner of the
architectural excellence prize in Rome. The palace was built on the original
site of the French governor's headquarters in the 19th century.
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President Diem commissioned Mr. Thu to design the new
palace and supervised its construction. Unfortunately, the president was
assassinated shortly after construction started. The Palace became the home of then
President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu until the fall of Saigon in 1975.
It is now called the Reunification Hall with all the original furnishings still
kept intact.
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