Independence Palace



"This is Independence Palace. It's the presidential palace for the President of the Republic of Vietnam, or South Vietnam, during World War II. It was infamous when a North Vietnamese tank just crashed through its gates during the fall of Saigon. Now we're ready to protect Hoang for helping out the Asian Federation, that's for sure."

--Su Ji-Hoon, Vietnam Rises Again

Independence Palace (Dinh Độc Lập), also known as Reunification Palace (Vietnamese: Dinh Thống Nhất), built on the site of the former Norodom Palace, is a landmark in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was designed by architect Ngô Viết Thụ and was the home and workplace of the President of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. It was the site of the end of the Vietnam War during the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975, when a North Vietnamese Army tank crashed through its gates.