Century-old Ho Chi Minh City hall to welcome visitors on last weekend of each month

The 114-year-old office building of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council and People's Committee will open its doors to visitors on the last weekend of each month until late 2023The hall will welcome visitors on September 1 and 2 in celebration of National Day (September 2), the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism said on Saturday. To get into the hall, visitors must show their passports or identification cards. Visitors will be allowed to spend 60 minutes visiting the Ho Chi Minh City Hall on the last weekend of each month until late 2023. Before 1975, the year when Vietnam was reunified, it was named Saigon City Hall, where city government officials worked and held meetings. Since April 30, 1975, the building has become the workplace of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee and People’s Council.